Aftershocks

Description: On The Island, just as on many other islands, marriages are unhappy, people fall in love and the seasons pass. The town of Aberdeen is no different, until the earthquakes. These seismic ripples tear down houses, forge bonds, and shake the foundations of humanity and religion. And in the midst of it all, Nellie and Ingrid fall in love. In Aftershocks A. N. Wilson offers a portrait of nature, death and morality. Moved by the real losses of the Christchurch earthquake, this is an extraordinary novel about a community profoundly linked to the land it lives on.

Review: Wilson's achievement is to impart a restrained imaginative power that makes its extremes seem credible. * Guardian on A.N. Wilson * Wilson's delightful and unexpectedly moving book is characterised by intellectual humility. * New Statesman on A. N. Wilson * Wilson's wit and erudition are much in evidence. * Sunday Times (Ireland) on A. N. Wilson *

Author Biography: A. N. Wilson grew up in Staffordshire and was educated at Rugby and New College, Oxford. A Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, he holds a prominent position in the world of literature and journalism. He is a prolific and award-winning biographer and celebrated novelist. He lives in North London.