- Title:
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The chemistry of tears
- Written by:
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Peter Carey
- Published by:
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Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd
- Published:
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April 01 2012
- Read by:
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Jefferson Mays; Susan Lyons
- Number of CDs / Tapes:
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8
- Duration:
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9 hours 35 minutes
- MP3 size:
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- Genre:
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Fiction; General
- Available Date:
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April 28 2012
- ISBN:
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9781743106334
- APN / ISBN-13:
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9781743106334
- BAB:
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Qty
Format
Price
Bolinda price
About this book:
The latest offering from Peter Carey deals with grief and joyful discovery.
When Catherine's secret lover dies suddenly, she has nowhere to turn to except her work. A middle-aged curator in a London museum, Catherine is given a very particular project: a box of intricate clockwork parts that appear to be the remains of a nineteenth century automaton - a beautifully made mechanical bird.
When she discovers the diary of the man who commissioned the machine, she is partially rescued from one obsession by another - who was Henry Brandling, and the mysterious, visionary clockmaker he hired to make a gift for his absent son? And what was the end result that now sits in pieces in her studio?
The Chemistry of Tears is both wildly entertaining and deeply moving, a portrait of love and loss that is simultaneously delicate and anarchic.