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Original Title:	A Year of Marvellous Ways
ISBN:	0755390911 (ISBN13: 9780755390915)
Edition Language:	English
Literary Awards:	Woman & Home Reader's Choice Award for Best Novels About Friendships (2016)

A Year of Marvellous Ways

Sarah Winman

Hardcover | Pages: 310 pages

Rating: 3.81 | 6808 Users | 736 Reviews

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Cornwall, 1947. Marvellous Ways is a ninety-year-old woman who's lived alone in a remote creek for nearly all her life. Recently she's taken to spending her days sitting on the steps of her caravan with a pair of binoculars. She's waiting for something - she's not sure what, but she'll know it when she sees it. Freddy Drake is a young soldier left reeling by the war. He's agreed to fulfil a dying friend's last wish and hand-deliver a letter to the boy's father in Cornwall. But Freddy's journey doesn't go to plan, and sees him literally wash up in Marvellous' creek, broken in body and spirit. When Marvellous comes to his aid, an unlikely friendship grows between the two. Can Freddy give Marvellous what she needs to say goodbye to the world, and can she give him what he needs to go on?

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Title	:	A Year of Marvellous Ways
Author	:	Sarah Winman
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 310 pages
Published	:	June 18th 2015 by Headline Book Publishing (first published April 9th 2015)
Categories	:	Fiction. Historical. Historical Fiction. Magical Realism

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Ratings: 3.81 From 6808 Users | 736 Reviews

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A Year Of Marvellous Ways is a beautiful heart warming read that i enjoyed more than i expected (which is good SO GOOD) It's about this eighty-nine-year-old brilliant woman called Marvellous Ways -I love her name SO BLOODY MUCH!!- Who sits by a creek waiting for her last adventure, she had plenty of them though but she is still waiting for the latest. And it's about Francis Drake a young soldier, worn out of war and broken hearted, these two characters will find their way to each other's lives

SpoilersThe writing wasn't my cup of tea, particularly Marvellous's chapters, it was hard to understand what was going on. She kept banging on about starfish and weird dreams, and flip flopped between the past and present and it was difficult to keep track of what was when. It got better later on in the book, but even then it still wasn't great, her chapters were a wishy washy mess of magical realism and bizarre ponderings. I wasn't keen on Marvellous's personality either, she was too pathetic,

How capricious emotional reactions to books can be. I really enjoyed Sarah Winmans other novel, When God Was a Rabbit, which is written in exactly the same style as this. Yet because I didnt connect emotionally with the characters in A Year of Marvellous Ways, that style felt twee and in places strained. The two novels are very similar structurally as well as stylistically, although A Year of Marvellous Ways is set in the early 20th century rather than the early 21st. Perhaps Winmans

Very poetically written but, in my opinion, not in a good way. The author spent half the time using complex poetic phrases that I had to re-read the paragraph again to understand what was going on. Also the author, for who knows what reason, decided not to use any quotation marks throughout so I had no idea who was talking to who! Also the writing is very unclear you don't know who's story you are reading about or whether it is in the present or past. Disappointing end. This should have been a

This book is filled with imagery beautifully painted. It is filled with song, the harmonies and accompaniments to a melody in the key of life. These feelings can usually only be found in heart stirring poetry, yet they are found throughout this moving story written in prose.An old woman at the end of her life and a young man at the beginning of his. Young, broken Francis Drake comes into the old womans sphere of existence to deliver a letter, and finds deliverance for himself. Through her

I received a proof copy of this book through First Reads.This book is so beautiful. It's moving and poignant and has elements of magical realism. Set in Cornwall in 1947, this absolutely brilliant book follows the last year of Marvellous Ways' life. She's 89 and has lived a lot of life but is still young at heart. She senses that something is coming and she's not sure what she's waiting for but she's waiting. A grieving young man, Drake, arrives in her little town and Marvellous nurses him back

maybe I just wasn't paying good enough attention but this was like the most confusing book I've ever read. quotation marks weren't used so half the time I was trying to figure out who was speaking. the other half of the time I was trying to figure out if they were in present day or if Marvellous was telling a story from the past. even when the story came together at the end I was like whaaaat? I don't not recommend it but I warn you that you'll need to pay more attention than I did or you too