The London Train (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780062011831)

In this New York Times Notable Book from one of today's most acclaimed writers, two lives stretched between two cities converge in a chance meeting that will irrevocably change their lives.

"Hadley is a supremely perceptive writer of formidable skill and intelligence, someone who goes well beyond surfaces." --New York Times Book Review

Unsettled by the recent death of his mother, Paul sets out in search of Pia, his daughter from his first marriage, who has disappeared into the labyrinth of London. Discovering her pregnant and living illegally in a run-down council flat with a pair of Polish siblings, Paul is entranced by Pia's excitement at living on the edge. Abandoning his second wife and their children in Wales, he joins her to begin a new life in the heart of London.

Cora, meanwhile, is running in the opposite direction, back to Cardiff, to the house she has inherited from her parents. She is escaping her marriage, and the constrictions and disappointments of her life in London. But there is a deeper reason why she cannot stay with her decent Civil Service husband; the aftershocks of which she hasn't fully come to terms with herself.

Connecting both stories is the London train, and a chance meeting that will have immediate and far-reaching consequences for both Paul and Cora.

Author: Tessa Hadley
ISBN-10: 0062011839
ISBN-13: 9780062011831
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Language: English
Published: 05/24/2011
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.57lbs
Size: 7.98h x 5.49w x 0.86d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 02/28/2011
Library Journal 03/01/2011 pg. 69
Booklist 04/15/2011 pg. 23
New York Times Book Review 05/29/2011 pg. 13
Kirkus Reviews 06/01/2011
New York Times Book Review 06/05/2011 pg. 50
NY Times Notable Bks of Year 12/04/2011 pg. 25
BookPage 06/01/2011