On the Far Side, There's a Boy (el. knyga) (skaityta knyga) | knygos.lt

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In the 1980s, Martine Haslett feels fine: happy and fine. A sensual London woman, she plays hard on the colourful fringes of the drag club scene, works hard and dates hard. She has no plans to find a partner or have children; her American half-brother seems her only problem. Then one night with a man propels her into a connection with a young boy in Sri Lanka with consequences far and long.

At the same time on that much fought-over island, a young girl is compelled to help her adorable little brother Mohan with a task that she would rather do for herself. The moon overhangs her troubles, as it overhangs Martine's. Struggling with change and tragedy in her family life in rural Kandy, the girl embarks on a foolish course.

By 2013, Martine is no longer fine. Behind her is a past, including a journey to the beautiful Kandyan mountains, that she's still unable to process. But she knows that she must acknowledge her history in the box of letters that she's hidden away; follow a nocturnal dream to its conclusion; and accommodate a stranger who's soon arriving to stay.

Today, 1:5 women in North America, the UK and Australasia is still childless by the menopause, a new phenomenon of our times. Philomena meets The Life of Pi meets 84 Charing Cross Road, this is a childlessness fable that explores uncertainty about motherhood, the yearning for an elusive child and what that yearning might do if it grows too strong.

'Auntie-Uncle Moon is everyone's confessor: controlling tides, and ovulation, waxing and waning over space and time while the tectonic plates of people's lives shift and collide. A new writer with an absorbing tale, Paula Coston gives us a wonderfully contemporary book with a very contemporary voice.'
(Jamila Gavin, award-winning author of Coram Boy, novel then show in London and on Broadway)

'A well-written and intriguing read.' (Katie Fforde, women's novelist)

'Paula Coston addresses one of the central themes of our time.... This is an important novel, and Coston has set a high benchmark.' (Jody Day, founder of the online community Gateway Women)