The Uncommon Life of Alfred Warner in Six Days by Juliet Conlin (English) Paperb

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Approaching 80, frail and alone, a remarkable man makes the journey from his sheltered home in England to Berlin to meet his granddaughter.

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Shortly before Christmas, 79-year-old Alfred Warner arrives at Berlin's busy central train station to meet his granddaughter Brynja for the first time. When she fails to arrive, Alfred, afraid and alone, is taken in by a stranger, Julia, who quickly realises that there is something remarkable about him. Worried sick, Alfred discovers that his granddaughter is lying in a coma in a Berlin hospital following an unexplained accident and may take months to fully recover. After the sympathetic Julia insists he stays at her home for Christmas, Alfred becomes increasingly anxious and announces that his time is running out and that he has only six days left to live. He knows this because the voices he has been listening to for his entire life have told him so. Alfred insists he must tell Julia his life story in the hope of saving Brynja's life after he is gone. If Brynja does recover, she must finally learn the truth. And so, over the ensuing six days he pours out his extraordinary tale. It has been a most uncommon life, but the one constant during each stage of his journey are the voices which accompany him, voices which for other members of his family, including Brynja, have been far less benign. Now Alfred's final duty is to make sure that Julia understands, so that Brynja does not become yet another family tragedy.

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Telling the tale of one man's extraordinary life, Conlin's latest title is set in the vibrant city of Berlin and the Scottish Highlands.

Author Biography

Juliet Conlin was born in London and grew up in England and Germany. She has an MA in Creative Writing from Lancaster University and a PhD in Psychology from the University of Durham. She works as a writer and translator and lives with her husband and four children in Berlin. Her novels include The Fractured Man (Cargo, 2013), The Uncommon Life of Alfred Warner in Six Days (Black & White Publishing, 2017) and The Lives Before Us (2019).

Details ISBN1785300822 Author Juliet Conlin Year 2017 ISBN-10 1785300822 ISBN-13 9781785300820 Format Paperback Publication Date 2017-02-23 Media Book Imprint Black and White Publishing Place of Publication Edinburgh Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 823.92 Language English UK Release Date 2017-02-23 AU Release Date 2017-02-23 NZ Release Date 2017-02-23 Publisher Bonnier Books Ltd Pages 448 Audience General We've got this

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