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Title: The Railwayman's Wife
Author: Ashley Hay
Narrator: Edwina Wren
Format: Unabridged
Length: 8 hrs and 41 mins
Language: English
Release date: 05-26-16
Publisher: Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd
Ratings: 2 of 5 out of 1 votes
Genres: Fiction, Historical
Publisher's Summary:
Three people, struggling to come to terms with great loss after the end of the war, search for peace in a small town's library in a heartbreaking novel of love and loss and the healing power of memory and words.
In a small town on the land's edge, in the strange space at a war's end, a widow, a poet and a doctor each try to find their own peace, and their own new story. In Thirroul, in 1948, people chase their dreams through the books in the railway's library.
Anikka Lachlan searches for solace after her life is destroyed by a single random act. Roy McKinnon, who found poetry in the mess of war, has lost his words and his hope. Frank Draper is trapped by the guilt of those his treatment and care failed on their first day of freedom. All three struggle with the same question: how now to be alive.
Written in clear, shining prose and with an eloquent understanding of the human heart, The Railwayman's Wife explores the power of beginnings and endings, and how hard it can be sometimes to tell them apart. It's a story of life, loss and what comes after; of connection and separation, longing and acceptance. Most of all, it celebrates love in all its forms, and the beauty of discovering that loving someone can be as extraordinary as being loved yourself.
Members Reviews:
Disappointing
Well, the reviews were wonderful on this book, but I found it slow and dark. I sort of kept waiting for something to happen, a character to react strongly to something, etc.
I don't want to talk about specifics in the plot in case you want to read it...but...I felt it was deflating at the end. It was not the sort of book that I was eager to pick up again.
There are some good parts of the story but I felt that they were not fully developed. Some just sort of felt incomplete.
Not a book I could highly recommend, but some parts were good.
The story of grief!! Highly recommended!
This is a novel of grieving. It is a story of three people who are trying to make their way after terrible losses. First, the widow tries to make it day by day with her young daughter. Second, a poet tries to find his art after fighting in World War II. Last, a doctor tries to find meaning again in helping others after all the deaths he witnessed and could not stop during the war. Excellent character development. Excellent story how grief affects people. This is not a "happy go lucky" read, but worthy read. This book deserves an A++++
Boring
Since this was so highly rated I kept trying to read it to the end. What a struggle. Don't waste your money.
I loved it!
I joined the HFVBT book tour for The Railwaymanâs Wife and oh friends, The Railwaymanâs Wife is so good! THIS is the kind of book I love to snuggle up in bed and read late in to the night. In fact I used, âItâs been a long day so Iâm going to go to bed a bit early tonightâ as an excuse a couple of times just so I could squeeze in a couple of extra minutes with this book. It was that good.
I can readily admit that this book wonât appeal to everyone but, for readers like me, it was near perfect. I love when authors write heavy detailed descriptions because I love to feel fully immersed in a story. I love feeling like all five senses are on high alert and Ashley Hay did exactly that. The descriptions were intricate and the story pulled on my heartstrings so hard.
