On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan

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A novel of remarkable depth and poignancy from one of the most acclaimed writers of our time. It is July 1962. Florence is a talented musician who dreams of a career on the concert stage and of the perfect life she will create with Edward, an earnest young history student at University College of London, who unexpectedly wooed and won her heart. Newly married that morning, both virgins, Edward and Florence arrive at a hotel on the Dorset coast. At dinner in their rooms they struggle to suppress their worries about the wedding night to come. This 2007 Doubleday Hardback is in very good condition. DJ; Owner's Name inside. ISBN: 9780385522403 SKU: 1583110 This image is of the actual book. Show more