My Policeman My Policeman

My Policeman

A Novel

    • 4.4 • 292 Ratings
    • $13.99

Publisher Description

Now a motion picture starring Harry Styles, Emma Corrin, and David Dawson, an exquisitely told, tragic tale of thwarted love.

“Stunning…fraught and honest.” —New York Times Book Review


It is in 1950's Brighton that Marion first catches sight of Tom. He teaches her to swim, gently guiding her through the water in the shadow of the city's famous pier and Marion is smitten—determined her love alone will be enough for them both. A few years later near the Brighton Museum, Patrick meets Tom. Patrick is besotted, and opens Tom's eyes to a glamorous, sophisticated new world of art, travel, and beauty. Tom is their policeman, and in this age it is safer for him to marry Marion and meet Patrick in secret. The two lovers must share him, until one of them breaks and three lives are destroyed.
 
In this evocative portrait of midcentury England, Bethan Roberts reimagines the real life relationship the novelist E. M. Forster had with a policeman, Bob Buckingham, and his wife. My Policeman is a deeply heartfelt story of love's passionate endurance, and the devastation wrought by a repressive society.

GENRE
Fiction & Literature
RELEASED
2021
June 15
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
304
Pages
PUBLISHER
Penguin Publishing Group
SELLER
PENGUIN GROUP USA, INC.
SIZE
1.7
MB

Customer Reviews

SydneyAaliyah ,

Interesting

I wasn’t sure what to expect. I thought I knew the story but was surprised the way it was written from the dual POV of the characters I wasn’t expecting. It was sad and touching but felt it was missing a portion of the story. Maybe the movie will clear it up.

Half moon cutout ,

Wonderful, thought provokingly wonderful.

Don’t miss it.

chikcklit ,

Now it’s time to watch Harry Styles

Always like to read the book first.

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