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Playing with the Moon [Large Print] (Hardcover)

by Eliza Graham (Author)
4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
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  • Hardcover: 363 pages
  • Publisher: ISIS Large Print Books; Large type edition edition (1 Nov 2008)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0753181703
  • ISBN-13: 978-0753181706
  • Product Dimensions: 24.2 x 16.1 x 2.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (16 customer reviews)

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'Eliza Graham tells a powerful tale, and her characters are well drawn and believable. I enjoyed this book very much'
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'The story is engaging and it makes for an emotional read.' --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Linking time and people, 20 Jul 2008
By Lance Mitchell (Hampshire, UK, Northern Hemisphere, Planet Earth) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Playing with the Moon (Paperback)
This book is based on the truth of what was happening in southern England in the build up to the Allied invasion of France in the Second World War. It also plays on the connections between those times and the early 21st century. These connections are built on the characters who have grown from the children of the earlier period to complex adults, who have harboured their personal secrets through all of those decades.

The opening chapter commences with the discovery of the skeleton of a GI who lost his life before the invasion started. But the mystery around how he died and who, if anyone, witnessed his untimely death, is something which is explored as the chapters switch back and forth between the time zones. The couple who discover the bones on the beach have their own problems, and their stress adds to the mounting tension that links the characters who have survived the fifty-something years since those horrible events.

The threads, as you would expect, all come together in the end, but I found that as I read a chapter in one time zone, I couldn't wait to get back to the last, where I knew I would find myself in the next. Confused? You won't be if you take the trouble to pick up this book and read it. It is fairly easy to follow, I promise you, and it was a pleasure to read. I shall definitely be first in line for Eliza Graham's next book. I can't wait!
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars STELLAR WRITING!, 3 Jul 2007
This review is from: Playing with the Moon (Hardcover)
An intriguing opening that keeps you hooked from then on--PLAYING WITH THE MOON is a very difficult book to part with for too long.

"I push past his restraining arm and see what he's dug up: a long white object. A bone... it's a human leg bone. Tom digs a little more and exposes a row of ivory-coloured arches. A ribcage."

The writing is stellar, the prose vivid, and the atmosphere perfect as we seamlessly switch between the present and the nineteen forties. The players in this poignant tale will stay with you for some time. I absolutely loved it.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A pleasure to read, 31 Jul 2007
By J.S. (Baltimore, MD USA) - See all my reviews
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A beautifully written novel with images as vivid as a well-drawn portrait. The characters and their stories stayed with me even when I was forced to set down the book to attend to "real life." This is a mystery with heart, and well worth the read.
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