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Wake : a Novel by Hope, Anna, 1974- author is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Wake : a Novel about?

Anna Hope's Brilliant Debut Novel Unfolds Over The Course Of Five Days, As Three Women Must Deal With The Aftershocks Of World War I And Its Impact On The Men In Their Lives. Wake: 1) Emerge Or Cause To Emerge From Sleep. 2) Ritual For The Dead. 3) Consequence Or Aftermath. London, 1920. The City Prepares To Observe The Two-year Anniversary Of Armistice Day With The Burial Of The Unknown Soldier... The War Is Over. What Will It Take To Learn To Dance Again? -- Cover. -hettie, A Dance Instructress At The Palais, Lives At Home With Her Mother And Her Brother, Mute And Lost After His Return From The War. One Night, At Work, She Meets A Wealthy, Educated Man And Has Reason To Think He Is As Smitten With Her As She Is With Him. Still There Is Something Distracted About Him, Something She Cannot Reach... Evelyn Works At The Pensions Exchange Through Which Thousands Of Men Have Claimed Benefits From Wounds Or Debilitating Distress. Embittered By Her Own Loss, More And More Estranged From Her Posh Parents, She Looks For Solace In Her Adored Brother Who Has Not Been The Same Since He Returned From The Front... Ada Is Beset By Visions Of Her Son On Every Street, Convinced He Is Still Alive.

Who reads Wake : a Novel?

Author

Hope, Anna, 1974- author

Publisher

Transworld Publishers Limited

Published

2014

Language

EN

ISBN

9780857521958

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Mystery, Fiction

Rating

3.82 / 5 (2,863 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14