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100			_aMoss, Sarah
245		4	_aThe tidal zone
260			_aLondon _bGranta _c2016
300			_a331 p. ; 22 cm.
520			_aShortlisted for the Wellcome Book Prize 2017. Adam is a stay-at-home dad who is also working on a history of the bombing and rebuilding of Coventry Cathedral. He is a good man and he is happy. But one day, he receives a call from his daughter's school to inform him that, for no apparent reason, fifteen-year-old Miriam has collapsed and stopped breathing. In that moment, he is plunged into a world of waiting, agonising, not knowing. The story of his life and the lives of his family are rewritten and re-told around this shocking central event, around a body that has inexplicably failed. In this exceptionally courageous and unflinching novel of contemporary life Sarah Moss goes where most of us wouldn't dare to look, and the result is riveting - unbearably sad, but also miraculously funny and ultimately hopeful. The Tidal Zone explores parental love, overwhelming fear, illness and recovery. It is about clever teenagers and the challenges of marriage. It is about the NHS, academia, sex and gender in the twenty-first century, the work-life juggle, and the politics of packing lunches and loading dishwashers.
650			_aALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY
650			_aATTITUDE TO HEALTH
650			_aFICTIONAL WORKS
998			_aHUHRL4;HUHRL12
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