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Jan 17, 2008 2:23 PM
Louise's new book "The Half Life of Stars" has been entered for the World Book Day competition. Votes are cast online.
THE HALF LIFE OF STARS (Book) (Oct 2006)
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The Half-Life of Stars
by Louise Wener
published by Hodder
price £6.99Claire’s brother, Daniel, has been the man of the family ever since his father had a heart attack after watching Challenger explode the year they were living in Florida. Now, twenty years later, he’s disappeared, leaving a good job, devoted wife and small child behind. He leaves work one afternoon, shortly before Christmas and vanishes into thin air. Has he been killed? Has he been kidnapped? Or has he just had enough? As Claire’s family turns in on itself, she must set off on her own to find him.
Deftly bridging the gap between mass market and literary fiction, The Half Life of Stars offers a lot of discussion points for reading groups. It is about secrets and lies, families and the games we play within them, about the attraction of stepping out of your own life when it gets too much to bear. It’s about revenge, regrets and guilt and the tragic consequences of an untimely and early death of a family member, and the hardships of trying to find someone who doesn’t appear to want to be found.
It’s funny, poignant, warm-hearted and gripping, and a book you want all your friends to read so you can have the pleasure of discussing it with them.
