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Book Review of On Chesil Beach

On Chesil Beach
On Chesil Beach
Author: Ian McEwan
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Book Type: Paperback
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This is a wonderfully written book. The details make a reader feel as if he is in the room with the couple on their wedding night. The emotions are raw and palpable. As with "Atonement," this is also a book of "the road not taken," and how momentary decisions may alter the course of our lives.