The space between us / Doug Johnstone.
By: Johnstone, Doug [author].
Publisher: Leicester : Ulverscroft, Isis, 2023Edition: Large print edition.Description: 312 pages (large print) ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781399125635.Subject(s): Meteors -- Fiction | Aliens -- Fiction | Interpersonal relations -- Fiction | Edinburgh (Scotland) -- FictionGenre/Form: Detective and mystery fiction. | Large type books.Online resources: Click here to access online Summary: Lennox is a troubled teenager with no family. Ava is eight months pregnant and fleeing her abusive husband. Heather is a grieving mother and cancer sufferer. They don't know each other, but when a meteor streaks over Edinburgh, all three suffer instant, catastrophic strokes... only to wake up the following day in hospital, miraculously recovered. When news reaches them of an octopus-like creature washed up on the shore near where the meteor came to earth, Lennox senses that some extra-terrestrial force is at play. With the help of Ava, Heather, and a journalist named Ewan, he rescues the alien - who they christen 'Sandy' - and goes on the run.But they aren't the only ones with an interest in Sandy. Close behind are Ava's husband, the police, and a government unit who wants to capture the creature at all costs...| Item type | Home library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reservations | |
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| Adult book | Haydock Library Large Print | Available | 38055013161393 |
Lennox is a troubled teenager with no family. Ava is eight months pregnant and fleeing her abusive husband. Heather is a grieving mother and cancer sufferer. They don't know each other, but when a meteor streaks over Edinburgh, all three suffer instant, catastrophic strokes... only to wake up the following day in hospital, miraculously recovered. When news reaches them of an octopus-like creature washed up on the shore near where the meteor came to earth, Lennox senses that some extra-terrestrial force is at play. With the help of Ava, Heather, and a journalist named Ewan, he rescues the alien - who they christen 'Sandy' - and goes on the run.But they aren't the only ones with an interest in Sandy. Close behind are Ava's husband, the police, and a government unit who wants to capture the creature at all costs...
Adult.