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THE WAVE by Virginia Moffatt - Psychological/dystopian fiction
A warning has been given that due to a volcanic eruption most of the Devon and Cornwall
peninsula will be hit by a tsunami and an evacuation warning has been given. Getting
everyone out with a relatively small exit area is a nightmare. Poppy decides not to hammer
her way through it but to spend what will be her final hours on the beach and posts on
social media if anyone wants to join her they are welcome. She is soon joined by Yan
and then Margaret. Eventually there are seven of them. Each with their own backstory
and most wanting to either put something right or to contact someone they have lost
touch with. Each chapter is told by a different one of the seven giving the different
perspectives. This is a very poignant read and even in the happy hours of surfing and
chatting you can’t help feel that “last few hours” syndrome. What on earth must it
feel like? I really don’t think I want to know. This is sensitively written and I took to
several of the characters easily. The thoughtful one, the sensitive one and of course
one who only thinks of himself. A moving read almost a thriller other than you know
what is coming. I enjoyed this and it very much kept me within the pages. A very
different read and a brave premise. 
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The Wave by Virginia Moffatt #TheWave @aroomofmyown1 @0neMoreChapter_ @damppebbles #damppebblesblogtours Media Pack for Blog Tour, Wednesday 29th April to Friday 8th May Book Blurb: Tonight they’ll share their darkest secrets, but tomorrow, there is no escape… A devastating tsunami is heading towards the Cornish coast. With no early warning and
limited means of escape, many people won’t get away in time. While the terrifying reality of the news hits home, one young woman posts a message on
Facebook, ‘With nowhere to run to, I’m heading to my favourite beach to watch the sunset,
who wants to join me?’ A small group of people follow her lead and head towards the beach; each of them are
harbouring their own stories, and their own secrets. As they come together in the dying light of the Cornish sunset, they will discover
something much more powerful than they ever imagined. But there is no escaping the
dawn … the wave is coming… About Virginia Moffatt: Virginia Moffatt was born in London, one of eight children, several of whom are writers.
'The Wave' is her second novel. Her previous publications are 'Echo Hall' (Unbound)
and 'Rapture and what comes after' (Flash fiction collection published by Gumbo Press)
. She also writes non fiction. Virginia is married to Chris Cole, Director of Drone Wars UK.
They have two daughters at University and a son still living with them in Oxford. Social Media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/aroomofmyown1 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/virginiamoffattauthor/ Website: https://virginiamoffattwriter.wordpress.com/ Purchase Links: Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Wave-heart-stopping-novel-everyone-talking-ebook/
dp/B07L4825T9/ref=sr_1_2?crid=1T9WERRK6ON2U&keywords=the+wave&qid=1580980100
&sprefix=the+wave%2Caps%2C155&sr=8-2 Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/Wave-Virginia-Moffatt/dp/0008340749/ref=sr_1_1?
keywords=the+wave+virginia+moffatt&qid=1580980460&sr=8-1 HarperCollins: https://www.harpercollins.co.uk/9780008340742/the-wave/ Waterstones: https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-wave/virginia-moffatt/978000834
0742 WHSmith: https://www.whsmith.co.uk/products/the-wave/virginia-moffatt/paperback/
9780008340742.html Foyles: https://www.foyles.co.uk/all?term=9780008340742 Hive.co.uk: https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Virginia-Moffatt/The-Wave/23520229 Publishing Information: Published in paperback and digital format by One More Chapter on 5th September 2019

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