Patrick Charnley

An astonishing debut of recovery…The prose is spare and beautiful, the narrative simple but sound – it is as finely wrought as poetry… Jago’s distinctive voice emerges, a true and clear and entirely convincing creation, always reaching towards the light and life

Touching, richly evocative. A remarkable debut novel

Utterly absorbing, beautifully written and insightful in unexpected ways. This, My Second Life is a moving must-read

An intense and unexpected debut. A beautiful piece of writing

An unexpectedly life affirming story woven into the fabric of a thriller

Thrilling and tender, I enjoyed every word. Jago is a very original memorable narrator, full of warmth and optimism

Deceptively simple yet completely compulsive. I was absorbed by Jago's story and the world around him

The tension of a thriller and the tenderness of a recovery story ... a hypnotic read, gentle, generous and compelling.

[An] elegant, infinitely touching debut novel

After a near-death experience and life-changing injury, twenty-year-old Jago Trevarno goes to stay with his uncle on his small coastal farm a few miles from St Ives in Cornwall. 
 
Their existence is a simple one, their lives measured by the span of the days, the rhythms of the seasons and the animals they care for. 
 
But lurking in the shadows is local villain, Bill Sligo, who has designs on Jacob's farm and in particular on a field near the cliffs housing a derelict mineshaft. 
 
Wanting to repay his uncle’s kindness, Jago determines to find out what Bill Sligo is up to. 
 
Jago is still vulnerable though, and in pursuing Sligo he delves into a murky world that he is ill-equipped to deal with. How far will Bill Sligo go to get what he wants? Jago doesn’t know it yet, but once again he is in grave danger. 
 
Beautifully written, spare and elegiac, filled with shafts of light and darkness as well as the beauty and harshness of the Cornish landscape, Jago's journey is one of hope, renewal and resilience as he comes to terms with this, his second life.

This, My Second Life

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Praise for This, My Second Life

An astonishing debut of recovery…The prose is spare and beautiful, the narrative simple but sound – it is as finely wrought as poetry… Jago’s distinctive voice emerges, a true and clear a ...

Touching, richly evocative. A remarkable debut novel

Utterly absorbing, beautifully written and insightful in unexpected ways. This, My Second Life is a moving must-read

An astonishing debut of recovery…The prose is spare and beautiful, the narrative simple but sound – it is as finely wrought as poetry… Jago’s distinctive voice emerges, a true and clear a ...

Touching, richly evocative. A remarkable debut novel

Utterly absorbing, beautifully written and insightful in unexpected ways. This, My Second Life is a moving must-read

An astonishing debut of recovery…The prose is spare and beautiful, the narrative simple but sound – it is as finely wrought as poetry… Jago’s distinctive voice emerges, a true and clear a ...

Touching, richly evocative. A remarkable debut novel

Utterly absorbing, beautifully written and insightful in unexpected ways. This, My Second Life is a moving must-read

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