Book description
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As the three brothers head to their childhood home in East Fortune
for their annual summer gathering, they brace themselves against
sibling rivalries and parental expectations. East Fortune is a moving
story about life and love, chance and hope, and how families survive.
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Jack Henderson, estranged from his ex-wife and grown-up daughters, is
involved in a horrific accident. His younger brother Douglas begins an
affair with a woman he barely knows, risking everything. And Angus, the
eldest of the Henderson boys, finds himself suddenly in freefall having
unexpectedly been laid off from his job. < 'This gripping novel has
only one major flaw - it was far too short - I wanted at least another
200 pages of these people and their lives' Victoria Hislop 'East Fortune
is wonderfully alive. James Runcie has written a rich, subtle, and often
funny book' Daily Mail 'He is the simple chronicler of English post-war
life, using irony and understatement to lay bare the patterns of
ordinary life' Sunday Telegraph 'James Runcie's subtle style is wrought
with intense emotion, as he tells of the tragedies that threaten to
unravel a struggling but essentially loving family' Easy Living
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As the three brothers head to their childhood home in East
Fortune for their annual summer gathering, they brace themselves
against sibling rivalries and parental expectations. East Fortune is a
moving story about life and love, chance and hope, and how families survive.
P>
Jack Henderson, estranged from his ex-wife and grown-up daughters, is
involved in a horrific accident. His younger brother Douglas begins an
affair with a woman he barely knows, risking everything. And Angus, the
eldest of the Henderson boys, finds himself suddenly in freefall having
unexpectedly been laid off from his job. <
