The One I Was
Restless, troubled Rosamond Hunter has spent most of her life running away from the past, filled with guilt about her involuntary role in her mother's death. When her nursing job brings her back to Fairfleet, her childhood home, to care for an elderly refugee, she is forced to confront the ghosts that have haunted her for so long.
Her patient, Benny Gault, first came to Fairfleet, England, in 1939, having fled Nazi Germany on a Kindertransport train.
As his health fails, he and Rosamond begin to confide in each other. At first their tentative friendship revolves around the love they both shared for Rosamond's glamorous grandmother, Harriet, but as their trust in each other grows, guilty secrets are exposed and history is turned on its head.
From the acclaimed author of Playing with the Moon and Restitution comes a beautiful and haunting tale of friendship, redemption and forgiveness across generations.
Revised edition: This edition of The One I Was includes editorial revisions.
320 pages, 3 editions
English edition · First published 2014 by Amazon Publishing · ISBN 9781477829318
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Editions
3 editions
English
- The One I Was · Amazon Publishing · 2015 · ISBN 9781477829318 This page
- The One I Was · Brilliance Audio · 2015 · ISBN 9781501247552
- The One I Was · Moreton Street Books · 2014 · ISBN 9781910229019
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