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01750aam a2200301Ka 4500 001 B758F61A6B5411E69AFE1DDBDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20160826010517 008 120419s2012 stk 000 f eng d 020 $a 0857862901 (hbk.) 020 $a 9780857862907 (hbk.) 035 $a (OCoLC)792747528 040 $a UKMGB $b eng $c UKMGB $d OCLCO $d YDXCP $d YNK $d NZCAP $d OCLCO $d COO $d QGK $d AU@ $d CDX $d IWA $d SILO 050 4 $a PR6063 E345 H43 2012b 100 1 $a Meek, James, $d 1962- 245 14 $a The heart broke in / $c James Meek. 260 $a Edinburgh : $b Canongate, $c 2012. 300 $a 550 p. ; $c 24 cm. 520 $a Would you betray your lover to give them what they wanted? Bec Shepherd is a malaria researcher struggling to lead a good life. Ritchie, her reprobate brother, is a rock star turned TV producer. When Bec refuses an offer of marriage from a powerful newspaper editor and Ritchie's indiscretions catch up with him, brother and sister are forced to choose between loyalty and betrayal. The Heart Broke In is an old-fashioned story of modern times, a rich, ambitious family drama of love, death and money in the era of gene therapy and internet blackmail. From the author of the 'spellbinding' (Guardian), 'quite extraordinary' (Philip Pullman), 'startlingly original' (Mail on Sunday) novel, The People's Act of Love. 650 0 $a Families $x Fiction. $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Brothers and sisters $x Fiction. $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Man-woman relationships $x Fiction. $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Scientists $x Fiction. $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Revenge $x Fiction. $v Fiction. 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160826064153.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=B758F61A6B5411E69AFE1DDBDAD10320 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search