A Midnight Clear

Literature & Fiction

WHARTON, William

Genre Fiction

The Friday Project

After being summoned home by the news of his mother's heart attack, John Tremont is forced to confront his own middle age.While John's mother begins to make an astonishing recovery, his father deteriorates; having long ago handed over the running of his life to his domineering wife, he is unable to cope without her. With the help of his nineteen-year-old son, John assumes the role of carer. Before long, John finds himself caught between his son's feckless impatience to get on with his life and his father's heartbreaking willingness to let go, as both sons become trapped in the consuming, terrifying and repetitive world of looking after a dying loved-one.Brilliantly capturing the relationship between sons and fathers with humour and poignancy, Dad is a story of the love that binds generations of fathers and sons.

In Tidings, one of America’s best-loved authors paints a vivid scene of an unusual family Christmas. 
At an old mill in the French countryside, philosophy teacher Will and his wife Loretta await the return of their four adult children for the Christmas holidays. The house is swept, the fire is lit, and the scene is set. Will is determined to make this a Christmas to remember; however, he is unprepared for the personal troubles each family member will bring to the festivities. Unsatisfied desires, affairs, and the shadow of divorce threaten the Yuletide cheer. 
As they struggle to resolve their issues, the family and their holiday celebrations come alive in a heart-warming evocation of the traditions, magic, and unseen labour for a family Christmas.

Tidings

Parenting & Relationships

Franky Furbo

A welcome reissue of this wartime classic from the author of Birdy. 
During WW II, a dying American soldier, William Wiley, and his German captor, Wilhelm Klug, are miraculously rescued by a fox endowed with extraordinary powers, Franky Furbo. 
For William, the experience is indisputably true but when he discovers later that neither his wife nor children believe in Franky, he endures a crisis of faith and searches desperately for the truth. 
Franky Furbo is a modern fable with a remarkable twist, quite unlike anything Wharton wrote before or since.

Contemporary

William Wharton turns his microscopic gaze on his own life to narrate and scrutinize the untimely deaths of his daughter and her family. A moving story of one man's rage against death, and spiritual renewal. On August 3rd 1988, field burning caused a 23-car pile-up that claimed the lives of seven people, including William Wharton's daughter, Kate, her husband, and their two children. In EVER AFTER, William Wharton searches for meaning in this tragedy, and tries to put a stop to a dangerous agriculture practice. Written from the perspective of both father and daughter, EVER AFTER is inspiring and heart-breaking in equal measures.

Ever After

MIRA

A previously unpublished wartime memoir from the acclaimed author of Birdy and A Midnight Clear. One of the most acclaimed American writers of his generation, and author of classic novels such as Birdy, A Midnight Clear and Dad, William Wharton was a very private man. Writing under a pseudonym, he rarely gave interviews, so fans and critics could only guess how much of his work was autobiographical and how much was fiction. Now, for the first time, we are able to read the author's own account of his experiences during the Second World War, events that went on to influence some of his greatest novels. These are the tales that Wharton never wanted to tell his children. It is an unforgettable true story from one of America's greatest writers.

Shrapnel

History

Military

William Morrow

Birdy

HarperCollins Audio Download

Biographies & Memoirs

The Friday Project Limited

Author of such classic wartime novels as Birdy and A Midnight Clear, William Wharton was one of the most acclaimed writers of his generation. However, he was also a very private man—he wrote under a pseudonym and rarely gave interviews—so fans and critics could only speculate how much of his work was autobiographical and how much was fiction.
Now, for the first time, we are able to read the author's own account of his experiences during World War II—events that went on to influence some of his greatest works.
These are the tales that Wharton never wanted to tell his children. Together, they illuminate a deeply personal, transformative experience: of learning to kill, to "abandon my natural desire to live, survive, and to risk my life for reasons I often did not understand and sometimes did not accept." Moving and insightful, Shrapnel is a powerful, timeless work from an acclaimed American master.

Shrapnel: A Memoir

Arts & Literature

Will, a philosophy teacher at the American College in France, his wife, Lor, and their four grown children prepare to celebrate what promises to be their last Christmas together as a family

United States

McGraw=Hill

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A Midnight Clear

Dad

Tidings

Franky Furbo

Ever After

Shrapnel

Birdy

Shrapnel

Shrapnel: A Memoir

Tidings