In This Remarkable, Innovative And Moving Final Collection Of Stories, Helen Dunmore Explores The Fragile Ties Between Familial Love, Motherhood, Friendship And Grief. Capturing The Passion, Joy, Loss, Longing And Loneliness We Encounter As We Navigate Our Way Through Life, Each Story Sets Out On A Journey, Of Adventure, New Beginnings, Reflection And Contemplation. With Her Extraordinary Imagination And Masterful Storytelling, Girl, Balancing & Other Stories Offers Us A Deep Insight Into The Human Condition And Our Place In History. The Nina Stories: Cradling -- The Towel -- The White Horse -- Girl, Balancing -- The Present: Taken In Shadows -- Esther To Fanny -- Where To Keep My Faith -- A Thousand Roses -- Hamid In The Playhouse -- Whales And Seals -- All Those Personal Survival Medals -- A Night Out -- Portait Of Auntie Binbag, With Ribbons -- About The First World War -- A View From The Observatory -- Count From The Spanish -- In China This Would Not Happen -- A Very Fine House -- Duty-free -- Chocolate For Later -- The Medina -- Wolves Of Memory -- The Musicians Of Ingo -- Frost At Midnight -- The Past: Rose, 1944 -- Protection -- A Silver Cigar In The Sky -- Dancers' Feet -- With Shackleton -- At The Institute With Km -- Grace Poole Her Testimony -- The Landlubbers Lying Down Below -- Writ In Water. Helen Dunmore.

Helen Dunmore

London, England: Hutchinson

Cornerstone

United Kingdom and Ireland, United Kingdom

London, England, 2018

368 pages ; 24 cm
In this remarkable, innovative and moving final collection of stories, Helen Dunmore explores the fragile ties between familial love, motherhood, friendship and grief. Capturing the passion, joy, loss, longing and loneliness we encounter as we navigate our way through life, each story sets out on a journey, of adventure, new beginnings, reflection and contemplation. With her extraordinary imagination and masterful storytelling, Girl, Balancing & Other Stories offers us a deep insight into the human condition and our place in history
THE NINA STORIES: Cradling -- The Towel -- The White Horse -- Girl, Balancing -- THE PRESENT: Taken in Shadows -- Esther to Fanny -- Where to Keep My Faith -- A Thousand Roses -- Hamid in the Playhouse -- Whales and Seals -- ALl Those Personal Survival Medals -- A Night Out -- Portait of Auntie Binbag, with Ribbons -- About the First World War -- A view from the Observatory -- Count from the Spanish -- In China this Would Not Happen -- A Very Fine House -- Duty-free -- Chocolate for Later -- The Medina -- Wolves of Memory -- The Musicians of Ingo -- Frost at Midnight -- THE PAST: Rose, 1944 -- Protection -- A Silver Cigar in the Sky -- Dancers' Feet -- With Shackleton -- At the Institute with KM -- Grace Poole Her Testimony -- The Landlubbers Lying Down Below -- Writ in Water

Haunting, uplifting, the final work from Helen Dunmore
Helen Dunmore passed away in June 2017, leaving behind this remarkable collection of short stories. With her trademark imagination and gift for making history human, she explores the fragile ties between passion, love, family, friendship and grief, often through people facing turning points in their
A girl alone , stretching her meagre budget to feed herself, becomes aware that the young man who has come to see her may not be as friendly as he seems.
Two women from very different backgrounds enjoy an unusual night out, finding solace in laughter and an unexpected friendship.
A young man picks up his infant son and goes outside into a starlit night as he makes a decision that will inform the rest of his life.
A woman imprisoned for her religion examines her faith in a seemingly literal and quietly original way.
This brilliant collection of Helen Dunmores short fiction, replete with her penetrating insight into the human condition, is certain to delight and move all her readers.

Haunting, uplifting, beautiful: the final work from Helen Dunmore Helen Dunmore passed away in June 2017, leaving behind this remarkable collection of short stories.

2023-10-09