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You Came Back Paperback – 12 March 2013

by Christopher Coake (Author)

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Thirty-something midwesterner Mark Fife believes he has successfully moved past the accidental death of his young son Brendan, as well as his subsequent divorce from his college sweetheart Chloe. He's successful, he's in love again, and he believes he's mastered his own memories.

But then he is contacted by a strange woman who tells him not only that she owns his old house, but that she believes it to be haunted by Brendan's ghost. Will Mark--who does not believe in ghosts--come to accept the mounting evidence that Brendan's is real? Will his engagement to his new love Allison be threatened by the reappearance in Mark's life of Chloe--who does believe? If the ghost is real, what can these two wounded parents do to help their son?

You Came Back examines the beauty and danger of belief in all its forms--not only belief in the supernatural, but in the love that binds parents and children, husbands and wives.

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Publisher : Grand Central Publishing (12 March 2013)
Language : English
Paperback : 432 pages
ISBN-10 : 1455506699
ISBN-13 : 978-1455506699
Dimensions : 13.34 x 3.18 x 20.96 cm

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Christopher Coake is the author of We're In Trouble, which was chosen for the PEN/Bingham Award of 2005. In addition, Coake was among Granta's Best of Young American Novelists in 2007. His stories have been published in several literary journals. A native Hoosier, he received his M.F.A. in fiction from Ohio State University. He now lives in Reno, where he teaches creative writing at the University of Nevada.

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Cazza100

okay....but not a ghost book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 21 September 2012

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I was told this was a good book so I thought I would give it a go. I did read the other reviews and wanted this to be a ghost book even though many had said it wasn't. As I read the book I realised this wasn't 'what it said on the cover'. Once I got over the fact that it was more a book on relationships I felt it was an okay read, until the end. What a weak ending.....what he would say to his child when it was born. That was disappointing.

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Happy250505

Here is the chase, could you please cut to it?

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 15 December 2012

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Dull is the perfect word to describe this book. While obviously you feel sympathy for the main character and wouldn't wish on anyone what he's had to go through, you do find your patience wearing thin as he thinks about stuff, then thinks some more, then a wee bit more, then does very little, then thinks some more....As a lead character I just couldn't warm to him which made reading the book feel more like a chore than a pleasure.

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Julie Davies

Disappointed by the novel itself but not the supplier or quality of the book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 21 December 2013

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Arrived on time and in good conditon and decently priced so no negative surprise whatsoever.Would recommend this supplier to others

Paul A. Oliva

Reviewed in Canada on 14 October 2013

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Hi,

Great premise, however, could have more editing - something like 75/100 fewer pages.

This said, would like to read to read more works from this promising writer.

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Beniko Mason

面白かったので一気に読みました

Reviewed in Japan on 15 September 2012

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主人公の男の人が別れた妻と一緒になるのか、それとも今婚約している女性を結果として選ぶのかが気になって一気に読みました。階段から転げ落ちるという事故で死んでしまった７才の息子が霊として戻ってきているのかも気になって、本から目が離せませんでした。You came back　という題は、登場人物達、それぞれに当てはまるのだということが最後に分かり、話の構成がうまく出来ている事に感心しました。少し、気になったことは、作者の人柄が出たのだと思いますが、この作者にとって、女性は「美しい」ということが大切なのだという事が、登場してくる女性を描写する仕方で強く伝わってきた点です。作者が男性ですから当然でしょうが、男性の目線から主人公の父親の新しい恋人についての描写のされ方にも美しい女性への憧れを感じました。結局、常識的な結果に落ちついたという意味では面白くありませんでしたし、特別なメッセージがあるというのではなかったのですが、読み手の興味を掴んで放さないように次々と事件が起こって最後まで引っ張って行ったという点では面白い本でした。英語も適当なレベルで、多読用ライブラリーの中に含めるとよいのではないかと思います。

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