Apart from my family and my writing, my third passion is travel. I'm the author of 'Not Forgetting the Whale', (also called 'The Whale at the End of the World',) 'The many Lives of Heloise Starchild,' The Coincidence Authority,' ('Coincidence' in the USA), and 'The Notable Brain of Maximilian Ponder.'. I'm a Cornishman who was born in Kenya, schooled in Kent, studied in Nottingham and Liverpool, and 4/5. NOT FORGETTING THE WHALE by John Ironmonger, read by David Thorpe by OrionBooks published on TZ Available from www.doorway.ru (www.doorway.ru) When a young man . · Review: “Not forgetting the whale” by John Ironmonger. Aug. One of the characters in this book is a whale, but it’s not really about the whale. It’s about a broken man, and his redemption, and so much more. Joe Haak is a handsome and successful share www.doorway.ruted Reading Time: 3 mins.
The first thing that attracted me to reading John Ironmonger's new novel "Not Forgetting the Whale" was its beautiful cover. Of course, that's a shallow way to choose your next read, but the cover illustration of sea water cascading over a whale with a town in the distance is very striking. With a global pandemic on the horizon, and a whale lurking in the bay, the villagers of St Piran must band together to survive. Intimate, funny and heart-warming, John Ironmonger tells a compelling story about the important things that hold us together, and how hope can be found, even at the end of the world. by John Ironmonger. This title was previously available on NetGalley and is now archived. And what of the whale that lurks in the bay? Intimate, funny and heart-warming, Not Forgetting the Whale is a story about community, the best and worst in our nature, and the search for a place to call home. 'Fun, uplifting, charming' Financial Times.
“Not Forgetting the Whale” is more concerned with the way macro systems of society feed down into the micro. Harnessing together some of the most pressing global concerns which make us fear for our collective future, the author proposes a realistic way in which civilization can become unhinged with the loss of only a single, but ultimately essential, part. Not Forgetting The Whale on www.doorway.ru *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Not Forgetting The Whale John Ironmonger. out of 5 stars. Not Forgetting the Whale. by. John Ironmonger (Goodreads Author) · Rating details · 4, ratings · reviews. When a young man washes up, naked, on the sands of St Piran, he is quickly rescued by the villagers. From the retired village doctor and the schoolteacher, to the beachcomber and the owner of the local bar, the priest's wife and the romantic novelist, they take this lost soul into their midst.
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