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From the publisher: The
brilliant new novel from the bestselling author of "Mr Golightly's
Holiday". 'There is no cure for being alive.' Thus speaks Dr David
McBride, a psychiatrist for whom death exerts an unusual draw. As a young child
he witnessed the death of his six-year-old brother and it is this traumatic
event which has shaped his own personality and choice of profession. One day a
failed suicide, Elizabeth Cruikshank, is admitted to his hospital. She is
unusually reticent and it is not until he recalls a painting by Caravaggio that
she finally yields up her story. We learn of Elizabeth Cruikshank's dereliction
of trust, and the man she has lost, through David's narration. As her story
unfolds David finds his own life being touched by her account and a haunting
sense that the 'other side' of his elusive patient has a strange resonance for
him, too. Set partly in Rome, "The Other Side of You" explores the
theme of redemption through love and art, which has become a hallmark of Salley
Vickers's acclaimed work. As with her other highly popular novels this is a
many-layered and subtly audacious story, which traces the boundaries of life
and death and the difficult possibilities of repentance.
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