Coincidence
What determines the course of our lives? Chance . . . or destiny?On Midsummer's Day, 1982, three-year-old Azalea Ives is found alone at a seaside fairground.One year later, her mother's body washes up on a beach—her link to Azalea unnoticed.On Midsummer's Day, 1992, her adoptive parents are...
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What determines the course of our lives? Chance . . . or destiny?On Midsummer's Day, 1982, three-year-old Azalea Ives is found alone at a seaside fairground.One year later, her mother's body washes up on a beach—her link to Azalea unnoticed.On Midsummer's Day, 1992, her adoptive parents are killed in a Ugandan rebel uprising; Azalea is narrowly rescued by a figure from her past.Terrified that she, too, will meet her fate on Midsummer's Day, Azalea approaches Thomas Post, an expert in debunking coincidences. Azalea's past, he insists, is random—but as Midsummer's Day approaches, he worries that she may bring fate upon herself.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780062309891 (0062309897)
ASIN: 62309897
Publish date: February 18th 2014
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Pages no: 304
Edition language: English
This was absolutely perfect. I can't even describe what it was exactly that I loved so much about this book, but I was hooked from page one. The descriptions are amazing, the characters are realistic and interesting, and the plot was phenomenal. I loved the changing timeframes and the frame story wi...
I knew within a few paragraphs that this was going to be a book I loved. I also knew that the reasons why would be difficult to articulate, so I did my best to take good notes despite being swept into the story immediately. The first thing I noticed was that the third person perspective was working ...
Title: Coincidence: A Novel Who wrote it: J.W. Ironmonger, a British software consultant and possibly one of the only Europeans to see a wild Javan rhino. Plot in a Box: Thomas Post is an academic who believes all coincidence can be explained, until he meets Azalea Lewis, whose life events...
Title: Coincidence: A Novel Who wrote it: J.W. Ironmonger, a British software consultant and possibly one of the only Europeans to see a wild Javan rhino. Plot in a Box: Thomas Post is an academic who believes all coincidence can be explained, until he meets Azalea Lewis, whose life events...
Coincidence hangs on a central theme of philosophical debate: Is the world random? Do we truly have free will, or is what we do part of a predetermined plan? Are "coincidences" a product of a human need to ascribe meaning and connection to events, or do they have inherent meaning of their own?
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