Turbulent Wake Av Paul E. Hardisty

<B>A stark, eye-opening and exquisitely poignant new novel spanning the globe and probing the issues that define our times. As a young man comes to terms with his father’s death, he is forced to face his own demons, and confront the possibility of change…</B><BR/>  <BR/> ‘This is a remarkably well-written, sophisticated novel in which the people and places all come alive on the page…’ <B><I>Literary Review</I></B><BR/><BR/> ‘Searing … at times achieves the level of genuine poetry’ <B><I>Publishers Weekly</I></B><BR/><BR/> Ethan Scofield returns to the place of his birth to bury his father. Hidden in one of the upstairs rooms of the old man’s house he finds a strange manuscript, a collection of stories that seems to cover the whole of his father’s turbulent life.<BR/><BR/> As his own life starts to unravel, Ethan works his way through the manuscript, trying to find answers to the mysteries that have plagued him since he was a child. What happened to his little brother? Why was his mother taken from him?<BR/><BR/> And why, in the end, when there was no one else left, did his own father push him away?<BR/><BR/><B>Swinging from the coral cays of the Caribbean to the dangerous deserts of Yemen and the wild rivers of Africa, <I>Turbulent Wake </I>is a bewitching, powerful and deeply moving story of love and loss … of the indelible damage we do to those closest to us and, ultimately, of the power of redemption in a time of change.</B><BR/><BR/> ‘The quality of Hardisty’s writing and the underlying truth of his plots sets this above many other thrillers’ <B><I>West Australia</I></B><BR/>  <BR/> ‘<I>Turbulent Wake</I> is moving, it caused me to ache deep inside, oh, and it is also a rather beautiful read too’ <B>LoveReading</B><BR/><BR/> ‘The writing is sublime! SO different from the Claymore Straker series but just as compelling - a round-the-world journey through a lifetime of regrets. Wow!’ <B>Off-the-Shelf Books</B><BR/><BR/> ‘If you like literary fiction with heart then you MUST read the stunning <I>Turbulent Wake</I> – powerful, evocative, profound; I savoured every word’ <B>Karen Cole</B><BR/>  <BR/> ‘<I>Turbulent Wake</I> is a truly beautiful story … what a special book this is’ <B>Jen Meds Book Reviews</B><BR/>  <BR/> ‘Evocative, compelling, a pull-at-your-heartstrings page turning read! A book that you will absorb into your very soul! Go and get a copy today!’ <B>Crime Book Junkie</B><BR/>  <BR/> ‘<I>Turbulent Wake</I> is a beautifully written and atmospheric read that will stay with me for a long time … The author’s vivid descriptions are wonderful and I felt like I had a fly on the wall view of everything that was happening’ <B>Over the Rainbow Book Blog</B><BR/>  <BR/> ‘Powerful, evocative, profound; I savoured every word’ <B>Hair Past a Freckle</B><BR/>  <BR/> ‘Compelling and inspiring, it is an adventure, a journey, a exploration of life, a fascinating novel’ <B>Swirl & Thread</B><BR/>  <BR/> ‘Heartbreaking, honest, wonderful. This novel needs to be read by many, so they can see what damage they cause’ <B>Steph’s Book Blog</B><BR/>