| Toby's Room Contributor(s): Barker, Pat (Author), Barber, Nicola (Read by) |
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ISBN: 1504768264 ISBN-13: 9781504768269 Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks OUR PRICE: $26.96 Product Type: MP3 CD - Other Formats Published: May 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Historical - General - Fiction | War & Military - Fiction | Family Life - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Series: Life Class Trilogy |
| Themes: - Topical - Family |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: It is 1917 and Elinor Brooke, a young painter, is studying art in London while her beloved brother Toby serves on the front as a medical officer. When Toby goes missing and is presumed dead, the devastated Elinor refuses to accept it. A letter she finds hidden among his belongings reveals that Toby knew he wasn't coming back and implies that his friend, medic Kit Neville, knows why. But Kit has been horribly disfigured and is reeling from shell shock.While Elinor tries to piece together the mystery of what happened to her brother, she uses her drawing skills to aid in the surgical reconstruction of those who have suffered unspeakable losses--their faces, their memories, their very minds.Masterfully written and daringly ambitious, Toby's Room explores at all levels of it means to be human. |
Contributor Bio(s): Barber, Nicola: - Nicola Barber is a voice-over actor who can be heard on audiobooks, video games, and international radio and television. Born in England and living in New York, she specializes in accents, including American, Scottish, Irish, Australian, and all dialects of British. She has won two AudioFile Earphones Awards. Barker, Pat: -Pat Barker is an English novelist who has won the Guardian Fiction Prize and the Booker Prize. In 2000 she was named a Commander of the Order of the British Empire. |