Sarah Rayner
Trade Paperback | Pages: 408 pages Rating: 3.45 | 5068 Users | 759 Reviews
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| Original Title: | One Moment, One Morning |
| ISBN: | 0330518828 (ISBN13: 9780330518826) |
| Edition Language: | English |
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The Brighton to London line. The 07:44 train. Carriages packed with commuters. A woman applies her make-up. Another occupies her time observing the people around her. A husband and wife share an affectionate gesture. Further along, a woman flicks through a glossy magazine. Then, abruptly, everything changes: a man has a heart attack, and can't be resuscitated; the train is stopped, an ambulance called. For at least three passengers on the 07:44 on that particular morning, life will never be the same again. Lou witnesses the man's final moments. Anna and Lou share a cab when they realise the train is going nowhere fast. Anna is Karen's best friend. And Karen? Karen's husband is the man who dies. Telling the story of the week following that fateful train journey, One Moment, One Morning is a stunning novel about love and loss, about family and - above all - friendship. A stark reminder that, sometimes, one moment is all it takes, it also reminds us that somehow, and despite everything, life can and does go on.Itemize About Books One Moment, One Morning
| Title | : | One Moment, One Morning |
| Author | : | Sarah Rayner |
| Book Format | : | Trade Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 408 pages |
| Published | : | March 3rd 2010 by Picador (first published 2010) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Womens Fiction. Chick Lit. Contemporary. Adult Fiction. European Literature. British Literature. Drama. Romance |
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Ratings: 3.45 From 5068 Users | 759 ReviewsPiece About Books One Moment, One Morning
One Moment, One Morning was book of the month in my book group. It was written by Sarah Rayner, a British author. Rayner was born in London in 1963 and grew up in Richmond, Surrey. The author now lives in Brighton, England. She worked as an advertising copywriter before writing fiction full-time. This is the first book by Sarah Rayner that I have read and is not one that I would have chosen had the book group not picked it.Having said that, I did enjoy the book. The original premis is clever.Disclaimer: this was a Goodreads first look giveaway.At the start of One Moment, One Morning, a man dies on a morning commuter train to London. The story is about three women affected by this, his wife Karen, his wife's best friend Anna, and Lou who was sitting across from the couple on the train. As a light rail transit commuter myself, I thought Sarah Rayner's description of the chaos surrounding his death and the impact on the fellow passengers was spot on. The beginning of the book was very
One day in the future, when I'm old and grey and looking back on all of the books I've read in my lifetime, the good ones and the bad... this one probably won't be on the list at all.It's not that it's terrible or a complete waste of time, it's simply not memorable in any way. The basic summary is this: one average morning on a commuter train, a fairly young man unexpectedly dies. The story follows three women who are touched by the death, who then go about making some changes in their lives
This is a truly good read. Just a moment that changes the course of a few women's life. Easy to read, hard to put down. I got very involved in their lives although the story is only over a few days.Recommend this as long as you don't mind a tear or two .
Not what I usually read. But a lovely book about the lives of 3 women.. just dealing what life brings.. warning.. it will make you cry
Sarah Rayner is an author I have only recently come across and this is the first book I have read of hers. Impressed by this début novel I have already sourced a copy of her latest published last year 'The Two Week Wait'. The subject matter of this story is a sad one but the author carries it off with out becoming unduly sentimental and with good characterisations. The main themes of the novel are death, grief, alcoholism and sexuality, cleverly dealt with this made for a pleasurable read. I
This was an enjoyable light read. You don't have to concentrate too hard to read this one, just the thing after a couple of heavier reads. The 7.44 train from Brighton to London, an ordinary journey until a man has a heart attack. In the aftermath the story follows 3 women on the train that day and how that One Moment changed things for them all. There is a sequel to this called the Two Week Wait and I liked this one enough to read it.
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