Sun at Midnight (59 page)
I am also indebted to Captain Rod Wood, CabAir Helicopter Training Schools, Elstree Aerodrome, Borehamwood; Dave Taylor, Helicopters Cambodia Ltd; Mr Anthony Silverstone; Phil Bowen and Exodus; and to Sara Wheeler.
SUN AT MIDNIGHT
Rosie Thomas is the author of a number of celebrated novels, including the top ten bestsellers
White, The Potter’s House
and, most recently,
If My Father Loved Me
. She lives in London. Once she was established as a writer and her children were grown, she discovered a love of travelling and mountaineering. She has climbed in the Alps and the Himalayas, competed in the Peking to Paris car rally, and spent time on a tiny Bulgarian research station in Antarctica to research this novel.
Praise for Rosie Thomas
‘Rosie Thomas writes with beautiful, effortless prose, and shows a rare compassion and a real understanding of the nature of love.’
The Times
‘Honest and absorbing.’
Mail on Sunday
‘A master storyteller.’
Cosmopolitan
‘Thomas’s novels are beautifully written.’
Marie Claire
‘Terrific…a real weepy.’
Sunday Times
‘A story full of passion…will keep you reading long after bedtime.’
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All My Sins Remembered
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A Simple Life
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This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.
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