Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann

Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCannIt's New York, August 1974: a man is walking in the sky. Between the newly built Twin Towers, the man twirls through the air. Far below, the lives of complete strangers spin towards each other: Corrigan, a radical Irish monk working in the Bronx; Claire, a delicate Upper East Side housewife reeling from the death of her son; Lara, a drug addled young artist; Gloria, solid and proud despite decades of hardship; Tillie, a hooker who used to dream of a

each chapter marking the months in real time

Suitable for ages 6+

their language

a violent cop show with a bleak and merciless worldview

WINNER OF THE BLUE PETER BOOK AWARD 2019 WINNER OF THE WATERSTONES CHILDREN'S BOOK PRIZE 2019SHORTLISTED FOR THE JHALAK PRIZE 2019

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