Perfect av Rachel Joyce

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<p><b>''Tense and engrossing... readers who loved <i>The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry</i> will not be disappointed.'' - <i>Sunday Times</i><br><br>''An instant classic.'' - Daily Express<br><br>''You will end up grinning dippily and recommending this wild, searching book to everyone you know.'' - The Times<br><br>''Brilliantly realized... a powerful study of grief, loss, guilt, depression, mental illness - and ultimately the power of love - which grips the reader on every page.'' - Daily Mail</b><br><br>Summer, 1972: Two seconds have been added to the Atomic clock so as to counteract the irregularities in the Earth''s rate of rotation. Eleven-year-old Byron has been told this but still struggles to understand. What might it mean? In the claustrophobic heat, he and his friend begin ¿Operation Perfect¿, a hapless mission to rescue Byron¿s mother from impending crisis.<br><br>Winter, present day: As frost creeps across the moor, Jim cleans tables in the local caf¿a solitary figure st