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Author Tolkien, Simon, 1959- author.

Title No man's land : a novel / Simon Tolkien.

Publication Info. New York : Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, 2017.
©2016

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Location Call No. Status
 Bristol, Main Library - Adult Fiction  F TOLKIEN    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Manross Branch - Adult Fiction  F TOLKIEN    Check Shelf
 Canton Public Library - Adult Department  FICTION TOLKIEN    Check Shelf
 Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Main Level  FICTION TOLKIEN    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Adult Fiction  TOLKIEN, SIMON    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Fiction  F TOLKIEN    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Fiction  FIC-TOL    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Adult Fiction  FIC TOLKIEN, S    Check Shelf
 Plainville Public Library - Adult Fiction  FIC TOLKIEN    Check Shelf
 Portland Public Library - Adult Department  FIC TOLKIEN    Check Shelf

Edition First American edition.
Description 578 pages ; 25 cm
Summary "Inspired by the real-life experiences of his grandfather, J. R. R. Tolkien, during World War I, Simon Tolkien delivers a perfectly rendered novel rife with class tension, period detail, and stirring action, ranging from the sharply divided society of northern England to the trenches of the Somme. Adam Raine is a boy cursed by misfortune. His impoverished childhood in turn-of-the-century London comes to a sudden and tragic end when his mother is killed in a workers' protest march. His father, Daniel, is barely able to cope with the loss. But a job offer in the coal mining town of Scarsdale presents one last chance, so father and son head north. The relocation is hard on Adam: the local boys prove difficult to befriend, and he never quite fits in. Meanwhile tensions between the miners and their employer, Sir John Scarsdale, escalate, and finally explode with terrible consequences. In the aftermath, Adam's fate shifts once again, and he finds himself drawn into the opulent Scarsdale family home where he makes an enemy of Sir John's son, Brice, who subjects Adam to a succession of petty cruelties for daring to step above his station. However, Adam finds consolation in the company of Miriam, the local parson's beautiful daughter with whom he falls in love. When they become engaged and Adam wins a scholarship to Oxford, he starts to feel that his life is finally coming together--until the outbreak of war threatens to tear everything apart. From the slums of London to the riches of an Edwardian country house; from the hot, dark seams of a Yorkshire coal mine to the exposed terrors of the trenches in France; Adam's journey from boy to man is set against the backdrop of a society violently entering the modern world"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject World War (1914-1918) (OCoLC)fst01180746
England -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction.
World War, 1914-1918 -- England -- Fiction.
Social mobility -- England -- Fiction.
Social status -- England -- Fiction.
FICTION / Historical.
FICTION / War & Military.
FICTION / Coming of Age.
Manners and customs. (OCoLC)fst01007815
Social mobility. (OCoLC)fst01122648
Social status. (OCoLC)fst01123359
England. (OCoLC)fst01219920
Chronological Term 1900-1999
Genre/Form Historical fiction.
Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
ISBN 9780385541978 (hardcover)
038554197X (hardcover)
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