false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175455950m/516026.jpg 516026 6 When forty-three-year-old Fiona Edwards first sees the lanky backpacker striding up the lane toward her award-winning farmhouse bed-and-breakfast in the remote mountains of North Wales, she&#8217;s puzzled. She&#8217;s used to unexpected strangers, but few arrive on foot. The man to whom she opens her door is <br>middle-aged, unshaven, sweat-soaked . . . and arrestingly handsome. What neither of them knows at that moment is that their lives are about to change forever.<br><br>American Alec Hudson has carried the ashes&#8212;and the memory&#8212;of his late ex-wife, Gwynne, all the way from London&#8217;s Heathrow Airport, honoring her request that he scatter them atop a mountain they had climbed together years before&#8212;the same brooding peak whose jagged cliffs rise to the sky from the back pastures of Fiona&#8217;s farm. But the weather doesn&#8217;t cooperate, and as Fiona and Alec wait for it to clear, they are drawn together by mutual loss, longing, and the miracle of love at midlife. <br><br>On the day he finally reaches the summit, Alec is caught in a vicious hailstorm. As he struggles to descend, he stumbles upon the body of a man he recognizes from a photograph at the farm: it is Fiona&#8217;s ailing and reclusive husband, David, and he is close to death.<br><br>Will North&#8217;s debut novel, <i>The Long Walk Home</i>, is a story about grief and hope, about love and loss, and about two people struggling with the agonizing complexities of fidelity&#8212;to a spouse, to a moral code, to each other, and to a passion neither thought would ever appear again. By turns lyrical and gripping, set amid a landscape of breathtaking beauty and unpredictable danger, this is a story you will not soon forget. 2452855 14 8 2007 The Long Walk Home: A Novel total:263|5:1|4:5|3:3|2:0|1:0| 263 922 415 86 2 1 false false Wed Oct 15 12:37:54 -0700 2008 Thu Nov 06 17:09:20 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false true Mon Apr 06 12:39:37 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 06 12:44:27 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Tue May 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 04 23:43:22 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 04 23:43:39 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1 0 false false Wed Feb 04 10:58:37 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 26 10:45:19 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Feb 16 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 18 07:41:32 -0800 2008 Fri May 29 08:57:40 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Fri Nov 16 08:20:07 -0800 2007 Fri Nov 16 13:52:58 -0800 2007 Amazon.com)
When forty-three-year-old Fiona Edwards first sees the lanky backpacker striding up the lane toward her award-winning farmhouse bed-and-breakfast in the remote mountains of North Wales, she’s puzzled. She’s used to unexpected strangers, but few arrive on f...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Nov 08 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 08 07:04:08 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 08 12:04:23 -0800 2009
P.S. I have seen comparisons to that guy who writes books about North Carolina (I forget his name; but, to me he is a female Jodi ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 17 05:29:34 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 17 05:29:51 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Apr 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 03 07:22:11 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 06 14:09:54 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Dec 29 16:02:16 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 29 16:07:55 -0800 2008
This is a good story and a quick read. There were parts that didn't seem to flow but overall it took you to the place. ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Oct 21 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 25 04:20:18 -0700 2008 Tue Dec 23 13:56:23 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Thu Apr 03 07:32:13 -0700 2008 Sat Apr 19 05:47:19 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Mon Jun 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 06 09:32:30 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 09 09:29:09 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sun Mar 08 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Mar 04 07:17:40 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 09 14:49:15 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Dec 25 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 23 18:10:40 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 26 05:37:19 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Sun Jul 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 23 06:21:18 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 05 19:45:45 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 04 20:12:21 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 04 20:52:29 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Nov 15 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 14 05:18:28 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 15 08:38:29 -0800 2009 Good book for light reading]]> 4 0 false false Sat Jan 31 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 31 13:15:01 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 31 13:16:25 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Wed Sep 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 08 06:06:18 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 08 06:07:38 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=516026