When I Come Home Again

Author(s): Caroline Scott

Fiction

**From the highly acclaimed author of The Photographer of the Lost, a BBC Radio 2 Book Club Pick**

'A powerful story that's achingly moving and most beautifully written. Readers of Maggie O'Farrell and Helen Dunmore are likely to enjoy' Rachel Hore
 
They need him to remember. He wants to forget.

1918.
In the last week of the First World War, a uniformed soldier is arrested in Durham Cathedral. When questioned, it becomes clear he has no memory of who he is or how he came to be there.
 
The soldier is given the name Adam and transferred to a rehabilitation home. His doctor James is determined to recover who this man once was. But Adam doesn't want to remember. Unwilling to relive the trauma of war, Adam has locked his memory away, seemingly for good.
 
When a newspaper publishes a feature about Adam, three women come forward, each claiming that he is someone she lost in the war. But does he believe any of these women? Or is there another family out there waiting for him to come home?

'Wonderful and evocative... It is not only about memory and identity, it's about the repercussions and tragedy of war, reaching out across vast swathes of society' Suzanne Goldring

Based on true events, When I Come Home Again is a deeply moving and powerful story of a nation's outpouring of grief, and the search for hope in the aftermath of war.

Praise for The Photographer of the Lost:

'This excellent debut is a melancholic reminder of the rippling after-effects of war' The Times
'A touching novel of love and loss' Sunday Times
'A beautifully written must-read' heat
'A gripping, devastating novel about the lost and the ones they left behind' Sarra Manning, RED
'[A] terrific first novel' Daily Mail
'Scott has done an amazing job of drawing on real stories to craft a powerful novel' Good Housekeeping
'What a wonderful debut novel... I couldn't stop reading' Lorna Cook
'A sublimely rendered portrait of the search for answers amidst the chaos and devastation left behind in the aftermath of World War 1' Fiona Valpy
'A poignant hymn to those who gave up their lives for their country and to those who were left behind' Fanny Blake
'I was utterly captivated by this novel' Isabelle Broom
'The Photographer of the Lost is going to be on an awful lot of Best Books of the Year lists, mine included... unforgettable' Iona Grey
'Momentous, revelatory and astonishing historical fiction!' Historical Novel Society
'Had me spellbound from the first page to the last' Hazel Gaynor

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General Fields

  • : 9781471192180
  • : Simon & Schuster, Limited
  • : Simon & Schuster, Limited
  • : October 2020
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  • : 496
  • : 2011
  • : Paperback
  • : Caroline Scott