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Perfect : a novel / Rachel Joyce.

By: Publication details: Toronto : Doubleday Canada, c2013.Edition: 1st edDescription: 385 p. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9780385677721
  • 0385677723
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Summary: In 1972, two seconds were added to time. It was in order to balance clock time with the movement of the earth. Byron Hemming knew this because James Lowe had told him and James was the cleverest boy at school. But how could time change? The steady movement of hands around a clock was as certain as their golden futures. Then Byron's mother, late for the school run, makes a devastating mistake. Byron's perfect world is shattered. Were those two extra seconds to blame? Can what follows ever be set right?
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Fiction Hanover Public Library Shelves FIC JOYC (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31906000928433

In 1972, two seconds were added to time. It was in order to balance clock time with the movement of the earth. Byron Hemming knew this because James Lowe had told him and James was the cleverest boy at school. But how could time change? The steady movement of hands around a clock was as certain as their golden futures. Then Byron's mother, late for the school run, makes a devastating mistake. Byron's perfect world is shattered. Were those two extra seconds to blame? Can what follows ever be set right?

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