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London, UK: SCM Press, 1962 Translated by John S. Gilmour. Age and shelf wear Original dustjacket not price clipped. Dj's edges rubbed, tiny tear along the bottom of the dj's spine; dj grubby. Boards edges are slightly worn. Otherwise tight copy, no internal markings, clean text pages. Dr Tournier has been a physician and psychiatrist in Geneva since 1928, who had acquired a worldwide audience for his work in pastoral counselling. His ideas had a significant impact on the spiritual and psychosocial aspects of routine patient care, and he has been called the twentieth century's most famous Christian physician.

London, United Kingdom: Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 2004 Original dustjacket not price clipped. Tight copy, clean text pages, no internal markings. Dustjacket edges slightly rubbed, small scratch on the back of the d/j (approx 1 inch). Was first published in the UK in 2002 by SixForty Press as 'The Bones in the Womb'. It was shortlisted for the Encore Award in 2003. This is an intense story of a fifteen year old girl whose abductor decides after twelve years to return her to her parents. It is a riveting meditation on the themes of loss and reunion, parents and children, and nature versus nurture.