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Tomorrow

By Graham Swift

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| Hardcover | 9780330450188

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On a midsummer's night Paula lies awake, Mike, her husband of twenty-five years asleep beside her, her two teenage children, Nick and Kate, sleeping in nearby rooms. The next day, she knows, will redefine all their lives.

Recalling the years before and after her children were born, she begins Continue

On a midsummer's night Paula lies awake, Mike, her husband of twenty-five years asleep beside her, her two teenage children, Nick and Kate, sleeping in nearby rooms. The next day, she knows, will redefine all their lives.

Recalling the years before and after her children were born, she begins a story which is both a glowing celebration of love possessed and a moving acknowledgement of the fear of loss, of the fragilities, illusions and secrets on which even our most intimate sense of who we are can rest. It is the year 1995. A revelation lies in store. Her children's future lies before them. The house holds a family's history and fate. As a millennium draws to its close, and as day draws nearer, Paula's intensely personal thoughts touch on all our tomorrows. Brilliantly distilling half a century into one suspenseful night, as tender in its tone as it is deep in its soundings, "Tomorrow" is a magical exploration of coupledom, parenthood and selfhood, and a unique meditation on the mystery of happiness.

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  • Tomorrow never knows

    Tomorrow by Graham Swift Picador £16.99, pp248 Some writers let their stories race ahead, others prefer to keep readers hanging, but few go as far as Graham Swift. In novels like his recent (and much-admired) The Light of Day and now Tomorrow, the ur ... (read full critics)

    guardian.co.uk published on Sat, 25 Sep 2010

  • Mothers and fathers

    Tomorrow by Graham Swift 248pp, Picador, £16.99 "You're asleep, my angels, I assume." Paula lies awake in the hours before dawn and silently addresses her twin children, who have recently turned 16. It is the night before they are to hear some vital ... (read full critics)

    guardian.co.uk published on Sat, 25 Sep 2010

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  • Nicely structured novel, discussing everyday worries and concerns as the narrators lies in bed awake, but the concerns were over-dramatic - I was unclear if this was deliberate - this is how it is during the night and everything looks better in the day light. Sometimes too long-winded, but well wri ... (continue)

    Nicely structured novel, discussing everyday worries and concerns as the narrators lies in bed awake, but the concerns were over-dramatic - I was unclear if this was deliberate - this is how it is during the night and everything looks better in the day light. Sometimes too long-winded, but well written and tight enough. Nice observations about relationships, which I liked.

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  • English Books
  • Hardcover 256 Pages
  • ISBN-10: 0330450182
  • ISBN-13: 9780330450188
  • Publisher: Picador
  • Pub date: Apr 20, 2007
  • Dimensions: 1419 mm x 903 mm Just how big is that?
  • Also available as: Paperback and Others
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