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Book Synopsis''There''s a trick to time. You can make it expand or you can make it contract. Make it shorter or make it longer . . .''
Some moments you want to last forever. Some moments shape a life.
For Mona, it''s the joy of playing on a Wexford beach as a young girl, next to her family''s cottage overlooking the Irish sea. The thrill of moving to Birmingham with a new job and a room of her own in a busy boarding-house. Meeting the love of her life; a whirlwind marriage; a sudden, tragic loss.
But now, decades later, Mona is determined to find happiness before it''s too late. She knows that every moment is precious. But can we ever let go of the past that shaped us?
''Devastatingly emotional. De Waal''s storytelling gives us the poetry and sorrow of life itself'' Financial Times
''Weaving tragedy and joy, big themes and the minutiae of life, this is a love story to take on the classics'' Emerald Street
''An emotionally sure-handed novel exploring harrowing terrain with deft sensitivity'' Sunday Times
Trade ReviewTender with a fierce undercurrent of tension and heartbreak -- Jane Shemilt, bestselling author of 'Daughter'
The "trick to time" is that it can expand or contract at will, and
in creating a mature heroine with decades of history, De Waal has herself performed a feat of skilful comprehension * Guardian Review *
[An] emotionally sure-handed novel exploring harrowing terrain with deft sensitivity * Sunday Times *
Moving and enlightening * Independent *
A beautifully written, exquisitely crafted story of love, grief and the quiet courage it takes to survive great loss * S Magazine *
A beautiful book -- Andrew Marr
An aching tale of love and loss * Stylist *
Excellent.
The novel's ending will leave you reeling * Daily Mail *
An unforgettable tale of grief and life-long love * Woman's Own *
The Trick to Time starts gently and
ratchets up the emotional intensity until you're ugly crying into your pillow * Sunday Times *
Weaving tragedy and joy, big themes and the minutiae of life,
this is a love story to take on the classics * Emerald Street *
It's slight but engaging. The style is
simple yet artful * Evening Standard *
A story that's full of care; even in its saddest moments it is tender and kind. It feels like a
book about all the best parts of being human, about family and friendship, and the way that loss only hurts the way it does because it's grounded in love. -- S K Perry
These distillations of everyday life have all the beauty of a finely crafted life drawing * Financial Times *
A warm and endearing book about learning to live again * Good Housekeeping *
The Trick to Time proves that Kit de Waal is a writer destined for even greater things * Red *
