The lost child by julie myerson books the guardian. Julie myerson always experiments with the worst life has to offer and something might happen is her finest novel kate kellaway sat 17 may 2003 23. Something might happen is a tense and absorbing novel. Lennie, wife and mother of two, has been gruesomely and inexplicably murdered in her english seaside village. The setting was based on southwold, where myerson has a second home. She lives in london and suffolk with her husband and teenage children.
Cant recommend this, and all of the authors other books, highly enough. Something might happen by julie myerson used very good. Early october and four in the morning and no wind at all, just the blackest darkness, so dead and dark and black that if you stopped to think about it, you might find you couldnt breathe. Something might happen by julie myerson, 2003, little, brown. On a monday night in october in a small seaside town in suffolk, a woman is brutally murdered. Julie myerson s most popular book is frenchmans creek. Are you sure you want to remove something might happen from.
Something might happen by julie myerson hardback, 2003 for. Myerson returns to the contemporary in her 2003 novel something might happen, which is set in a seaside town in suffolk and opens with the brutal murder of a normal, middleclass wife and mother. May 17, 2003 something might happen by julie myerson cape. Something might happen by julie myerson fantastic fiction. Something might happen, her 2003 novel about the reverberations of a horrific murder in a barely disguised southwold, the picturesque suffolk. She is the author of sleepwalking 1993, the touch 1996, me and the fat man 1998, laura blundy 2000, something might happen 2003 the story of you 2006, out of breath 2008. Julie myersons fiction has taken a truly macabre turn.
Her last novel, laura blundy, opened with a horrifically matteroffact. Julie myerson booklist julie myerson message board. It looks at what happens to the family and friends of a woman called lennie after she is brutally murdered in a closeknit village in england. Mick and tess, their closest friends, have four children. So said the female narrator of myersons third novel, me and the fat man 1998. Julie myerson has 22 books on goodreads with 41186 ratings. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Browse author series lists, sequels, pseudonyms, synopses, book covers, ratings and awards. Laura blundy by julie myerson goodreads share book. The story of everyone who ever lived in our house and nine novels including the bestselling something might happen, which was longlisted for the booker prize.
Something might happen 2003 is a novel by julie myerson about a murder in a small english seaside town and how it affects the community as well as friends and family of the murder victim. Sleepwalking 1994 the touch 1996 me and the fat man 1998 laura blundy 2000 something might happen 2003 the story of you 2006 out of breath 2007. Her fifth book is a story of a troubled woman who falls. Something might happen is not a detective story, though it is pieced together with the detail of a murder inquiry.
Jun 07, 2003 something might happen julie myerson 328pp, cape. The steady rhythm of myerson s writing and her precise narration lend her story an elegant inevitability. Julie myerson on a monday night in october in a small seaside town in suffolk, a woman is brutally murdered. Laura blundy 2001 is set in the victorian period, and julie myerson tries to bring out the freshness and modernity of the period as it would have appeared at the time. Something might happen by julie myerson hardback, 2003. Like anita shreve, myerson writes in a literary and yet accessible manner. Myerson stated in 2009 that she may sell the film rights to the lost child at some point in the future, maybe in 20 years.
The story is told through the eyes of tess, lennies best friend. Then you can start reading kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer. Books go search best sellers gift ideas new releases deals. Buy something might happen new ed by myerson, julie isbn. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read something might happen.
Something might happen is a novel by julie myerson about a murder in a small english seaside town and how it affects the community as well as friends and family of the murder victim. A novel and millions of other books are available for amazon kindle. In the words of the observer, she has a talent for making the unthinkable readable. The story is not a whodunnit although it incorporates various elements of the crime novel. Something might happen by julie myerson read excerpt. Julie myerson always experiments with the worst life has to offer and something might happen is her finest novel kate kellaway sat 17 may 2003. Read something might happen a novel by julie myerson available from rakuten kobo. And then all of them on, one by onepop, pop, popthe world reviving, turning large and transparent. While researching her next book, julie myerson finds herself in a graveyard, looking for traces of a young woma. The story of you, by julie myerson the independent. This event opens to scrutiny the lives of all who are close to her. In julie myerson s something might happen, two young english couples residing near the ocean with their assorted children are sideswiped by a tragedy, a brutal intrusion into their mundane domesticity that is a reminder to them that every day is counts. Kindle store buy a kindle free kindle reading apps kindle books french ebooks kindle unlimited prime reading amazon charts. Something might happen book summary and study guide.
For readers of beautiful boy and hurry down sunshine, a deeply personal and moving account of two lost children separated by two centuries. I am a solipsistic maniac who can think of nothing but the book. Despite the wellworn plot, the author manages to create something rich and intimate, a tale steeped in the physical impulses and mental habits of family life. There are clues, false trails, detectives, all the paraphernalia of the whodunnit, but myerson s concern is with the effect of the murder on an ordinary community and specifically tess herself, her husband mick and her three children. The language is lilting, natural and beautiful, the story gripping. The stopped heart is published by jonathan cape and vintage digital in hardback and ebook. Something might happen ebook by julie myerson 9780316086752. Julie myerson is the author of seven novels, including something might happen, and two works of nonfiction, including home. Something might happen sleepwalking laura blundy similar authors to julie myerson. Something might happen by julie myerson book cover, description, publication history. Something might happen by julie myerson penguin books. There are clues, false trails, detectives, all the paraphernalia of the whodunnit, but myerson s.
Pages contain marginal notes, underlining, and or highlighting. There are no obvious suspects, she was not an obvious victim. The stopped heart is julie myersons ninth novel she has also written. Something might happen 2003 is a novel by julie myerson about a murder in a small english seaside town and how it affects the community as well as friends. The heroine of her next book, something might happen. Alfred hickling is captivated by something might happen, julie myersons searing account of a smalltown murder. Something might happen by julie myerson and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. See all books authored by julie myerson, including the stopped heart. Summer reading may never be the same after julie myersons latest novel. Although the book contains all the trappings of the classic crime novel the murder scene, evidence, detectives and suspects, in the tradition of. Following what the book presents as acts of theft and physical violence combined with fears that the boy is introducing his younger siblings to drugs. There are clues, false trails, detectives, all the paraphernalia of the whodunnit, but myersons concern is with the effect of the murder on an ordinary community and specifically tess herself, her husband mick and her three children.
Her name is lennie and, thinks her best friend tess, she is not the type to have something happen to her. She just wasnt, thinks her grieving, bewildered friend tess, the type to have something happen to her. Are you sure you want to remove something might happen from your. Myerson has a forensic interest in the messiness of grief, which she itemises with the awful clarity of vision that often accompanies shock.
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Julie myersons most popular book is frenchmans creek. Accessories such as cd, codes, toys, and dust jackets may not be included. Enter your mobile number or email address below and well send you a link to download the free kindle app. Her fifth book is a story of a troubled woman who falls for an outsider who has come to uncover the truth. Editions of something might happen by julie myerson. Her fifth book is a story of a troubled woman who falls for an outsider who has come to uncover the.
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