# The Distance Between Us

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- Book: [The Distance Between Us](https://www.bookquiver.com/maggie-ofarrell/the-distance-between-us) ([The Distance Between Us.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/maggie-ofarrell/the-distance-between-us.md))
- Authors: [Maggie O'Farrell](https://www.bookquiver.com/maggie-ofarrell)
- Publisher: Headline Review
- Medium: audio
- ISBN: 978-07-5537-470-0
- Published: 2005-01-31
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Audiobook

## Description

Gripping, insightful and deft, Maggie O'Farrell's third novel is a haunting story of the way our families shape our lives. It won the Somerset Maugham Award. On a cold February afternoon, Stella catches sight of a man she hasn't seen for many years, but instantly recognises. Or thinks she does. At the same moment on the other side of the globe, in the middle of a crowd of Chinese New Year revellers, Jake realises that things are becoming dangerous. They know nothing of one another's existence, but both Stella and Jake flee their lives: Jake in search of a place so remote it doesn't appear on any map, and Stella for a destination in Scotland, the significance of which only her sister, Nina, will understand. (P)2005 Headline Digital