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This Bright Life
Author: Karen Campbell
£9.95
ScotlandSet in GlasgowGrief & LossUrban Gritty
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This Bright Life follows the lives of an elderly widow, a newly divorced neighbour and a troubled twelve-year-old whose one reckless decision changes them all. Their unexpected connection reveals kindness, hardship and the power of community. For readers of heartfelt literary fiction about family, resilience and second chances.
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Margaret is an elderly widow who wants only to be left with her memories and the quiet shape of her days. Claire, newly divorced and downsizing into the neighbourhood, is too busy trying to keep moving to tend properly to a broken heart. Gerard is twelve, bright and restless, a boy who hates his name but loves his little brother and sister, and carries more than anyone around him seems to know.
Trouble has a way of finding Gerard, and Gerard does not always make good decisions. One morning, he makes a very bad one, and the consequences reach further than he could have imagined, upending his own world and drawing Margaret and Claire into the fallout.
This Bright Life follows three messy, wounded lives as they begin to touch. It is a story of second chances, difficult care, and the many hands it takes to build a boy.
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