Douglas Westerbeke
A Short Walk Through a Wide World Hardback Book
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IF YOU COULD NEVER STAY, WHERE WOULD YOU GO?Escape into this spellbinding novel of adventure, wonder and selfdiscovery, for fans of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, The Midnight Library and Life of Pi.Paris, 1885 Aubry Tourvel, a spoiled and stubborn nineyearold girl, comes across a wooden puzzle ball on her walk home from school. She tosses it over the fence, only to find it in her satchel that evening. Days later, at the family dinner table, she starts to succumb to a mysterious illness.When a visit to a doctor only makes her worse, she flees to the outskirts of the city, where she realises that it is this very act of movement that keeps her alive. So begins her incredible lifelong journey around the world . . .From scorched sand dunes to snowpacked mountain peaks, from a bottomless well in a Parisian courtyard to the shelves of an infinite underground library, we follow Aubry as she learns what it takes to survive and, ultimately, to truly live. But it soon becomes clear that the world she travels through is not quite the same as everyone elses.LONGLISTED FOR THE DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD 2025As seen on Jimmy Fallons Tonight Show Book ClubAdventure, beauty, danger . . . a fantastical fableNEW YORK TIMESExtraordinary . . . Welcome to [Aubrys] exciting, dangerous and romantic lifeOPRAH DAILYREADERS LOVE A SHORT WALKThis book is incredibleI loved every page of it . . . you just cannot put the book downA perfect read . . . Aubry is a marvellous characterA true love letter to...
Binding: Hardback;400 pages; Publisher: TBS-Penguin Random House Wholesale; Classification: FJH; Weight: 742 g; Dimensions: 241 x 165 x 38
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IF YOU COULD NEVER STAY, WHERE WOULD YOU GO?Escape into this spellbinding novel of adventure, wonder and selfdiscovery, for fans of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, The Midnight Library and Life of Pi.Paris, 1885 Aubry Tourvel, a spoiled and stubborn nineyearold girl, comes across a wooden puzzle ball on her walk home from school. She tosses it over the fence, only to find it in her satchel that evening. Days later, at the family dinner table, she starts to succumb to a mysterious illness.When a visit to a doctor only makes her worse, she flees to the outskirts of the city, where she realises that it is this very act of movement that keeps her alive. So begins her incredible lifelong journey around the world . . .From scorched sand dunes to snowpacked mountain peaks, from a bottomless well in a Parisian courtyard to the shelves of an infinite underground library, we follow Aubry as she learns what it takes to survive and, ultimately, to truly live. But it soon becomes clear that the world she travels through is not quite the same as everyone elses.LONGLISTED FOR THE DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD 2025As seen on Jimmy Fallons Tonight Show Book ClubAdventure, beauty, danger . . . a fantastical fableNEW YORK TIMESExtraordinary . . . Welcome to [Aubrys] exciting, dangerous and romantic lifeOPRAH DAILYREADERS LOVE A SHORT WALKThis book is incredibleI loved every page of it . . . you just cannot put the book downA perfect read . . . Aubry is a marvellous characterA true love letter to...
Binding: Hardback;400 pages; Publisher: TBS-Penguin Random House Wholesale; Classification: FJH; Weight: 742 g; Dimensions: 241 x 165 x 38
Extended returns Orders placed after 29th October 2026 can be returned until 5th January 2027
Something not quite right? You have 21 days from the day you receive it, to send something back. When you purchase Debenhams Deliver+, you will have an extra 14 days on top of our standard 21-day window to initate a return.
Please note, we cannot offer refunds on fashion face masks, cosmetics, pierced jewellery, adult toys, and swimwear or lingerie if the hygiene seal is not in place or has been broken.
Items of footwear and/or clothing must be unworn and unwashed with the original labels attached. Also, footwear must be tried on indoors. Items of homeware including bedlinen, mattresses, and toppers, and pillows must be unused and in their original unopened packaging. This does not affect your statutory rights.
Click here to view our full Returns Policy.
Douglas Westerbeke
A Short Walk Through a Wide World Hardback Book
“Refund was approved and back in my account the same day.” - Deliver+ customer
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