My Policeman: NOW A MAJOR FILM STARRING HARRY STYLES
Feb 2012 · Random House
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**NOW A MAJOR FILM STARRING HARRY STYLES**
This love is all-consuming
It is in 1950s' Brighton that Marion first catches sight of the handsome and enigmatic Tom. He teaches her to swim in the shadow of the pier and Marion is smitten - determined her love will be enough for them both.
A few years later in Brighton Museum Patrick meets Tom. Patrick is besotted with Tom and opens his eyes to a glamorous, sophisticated new world.
Tom is their policeman, and in this age it is safer for him to marry Marion. The two lovers must share him, until one of them breaks and three lives are destroyed.
'A sensitive, sweeping novel' VOGUE
'Tense, romantic, smart...I loved it. Devoured it!' RUSSELL T. DAVIES
'A powerful story of forbidden love, regret, and living as your true self' VANITY FAIR
'A moving story of longing and frustration' OBSERVER
This love is all-consuming
It is in 1950s' Brighton that Marion first catches sight of the handsome and enigmatic Tom. He teaches her to swim in the shadow of the pier and Marion is smitten - determined her love will be enough for them both.
A few years later in Brighton Museum Patrick meets Tom. Patrick is besotted with Tom and opens his eyes to a glamorous, sophisticated new world.
Tom is their policeman, and in this age it is safer for him to marry Marion. The two lovers must share him, until one of them breaks and three lives are destroyed.
'A sensitive, sweeping novel' VOGUE
'Tense, romantic, smart...I loved it. Devoured it!' RUSSELL T. DAVIES
'A powerful story of forbidden love, regret, and living as your true self' VANITY FAIR
'A moving story of longing and frustration' OBSERVER
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4.6
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Alisia D'Intino
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September 14, 2022
nice book, a pretty sad one too. I would have liked to have more of Patrick's pov or, at least, something from Tom's pov. Overall a good book and I can't wait for the movie to come out !
Kavya Dave
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November 5, 2022
This movie was really amazing, being a beginner and inexperienced harry styles still rocks the movie, his acting was slay, I am so happy for him, he alwys wished to be a part of this movie, Emma's acting was breathtaking, such a nice crew, we the harries are proud of you, harry.
Josephina Ballerina
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August 2, 2021
Oh my poor heart 💔 A devastatingly beautiful story, and I'm sure the screen adaptation will be amazing. #LoveIsLove
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About the author
Bethan Roberts has published five novels and writes stories and drama for BBC Radio 4. Her books include The Good Plain Cook (Serpent's Tail, 2008), which was a Radio 4 Book at Bedtime; My Policeman (Chatto & Windus, 2012), the story of a 1950s policeman, his wife, and his male lover (now a major Amazon Original movie starring Harry Styles and Emma Corrin), Mother Island (Chatto, 2014), which received a Jerwood Fiction Uncovered prize, and Graceland, which tells the story of Elvis Presley and his mother, Gladys. She also writes short fiction, for which she has won the Society of Authors' Olive Cook Prize and the RA Pin Drop Award. Bethan has taught Creative Writing at Chichester University and Goldsmiths College, London. She lives in Brighton with her family.
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