On Chesil Beach is a hauntingly beautiful novel; a story of poor-communication, immaturity, and two lives that are irrevocably altered by impulsiveness.
The novel is short (166 pages), but is filled with a sense of the surreal that quietly slips into reality.
The story is quite simple, but is revealed with a wonderful flair; it is an emotional journey that follows a sexually inexperienced couple who fall in love, marry, and search awkwardly for common ground through embarrassment, frustration and humiliation; all leading, ultimately, to remorse.
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db johnston
almost falling 