Destiny brings two lonely people together in this moving love story by A J Cronin, one of the master story-tellers of our time. Dr Harvey Leith, brilliant research scientist, awakes from a drunken stupor to find himself aboard a liner bound for the romantic Canary Islands. His past life is in ruins, and his hopes for the future are shattered. But he meets the lovely Mary Fielding on the ship, also looking for a new purpose in her life. It seems to her that they have met somewhere before, in some other place, and that they ...
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Destiny brings two lonely people together in this moving love story by A J Cronin, one of the master story-tellers of our time. Dr Harvey Leith, brilliant research scientist, awakes from a drunken stupor to find himself aboard a liner bound for the romantic Canary Islands. His past life is in ruins, and his hopes for the future are shattered. But he meets the lovely Mary Fielding on the ship, also looking for a new purpose in her life. It seems to her that they have met somewhere before, in some other place, and that they are meant for each other. There is only one problem - she is already married. Dr Leith's life becomes inextricably involved with those of the other passengers and he gradually begins to forget the bitterness of the past. In the sultry atmosphere of Grand Canary he finds he has to conquer himself to achieve happiness.
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Good. Publisher: Bantam BooksDate of Publication: 1952Binding: PaperbackEdition: Likely First PaperbackCondition: A Bantam Giant 1050, $0.35. Clean, tight, unmarked, age toned text. Colorful cover is worn with folding creases on upper right corner and on spine, with chipping and edge wear. "Magnificent storytelling. "
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Very good. A near fine to fine copy in a pictorial wraps. Small amount of wear to bottom spine end; Publisher's genre classification and U.S. price embossed on front cover corner; A nice tight copy with no spine reading creases; 4th (1985) printing. Cover differs from stock cover illustration. 12mo., 223 pages.