Gavin Extence
Author
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Pub. Date
2019.
Description
Beneath the stars, on a stony beach, stand two brothers. They are wearing lifejackets that are too big for them and their most precious belongings are sealed in waterproof bags tucked inside the rucksacks on their backs. Turkey is behind them. Two or three kilometres' swim away is the Greek island of Samos, now only a smudge in the moonlight. Their feet are blistered from walking, their energy is failing. They wade forward into the Aegean Sea and...
Author
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Pub. Date
2016
Description
Gabriel is given only months to live after doctors discover a tumour on his brain. But something strange is happening: the position of the tumour is changing Gabriel's personality. He's becoming less selfish, less mercenary, less unlikeable. But it's a catch-22. The kinder and nicer Gabriel becomes, and the more people get to know the new, nicer version of him, the closer we draw to the inevitable.