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Open Preview See a Problem? Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return to Book Page. Where would you go if your world fell apart? Who would you turn to? When her son Calum dies in a car crash, Alison is left stunned and dazed. But instead of turning to those around her for comfort, she impulsively leaves them behind, desperate to hide from her loss. Even in death, though, Calum has a way of pushing her, hat would you do if life suddenly flipped upside down? Even in death, though, Calum has a way of pushing her, making her do things she would never normally have done.

And soon his memory starts to transform her in unimaginable ways. He was the man Calum called dad, but wasn't. Alison has forgotten Neal, but he cannot forget her. Paperback , pages. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about If I Touched the Earth , please sign up. Be the first to ask a question about If I Touched the Earth. Lists with This Book. This book is not yet featured on Listopia.

Mar 21, Dusty pages in Wonderland rated it liked it Shelves: The novel's incipit is impressive: A sudden change in the atmosphere of the material world. In nearby Everton the light flattens so anything unbeautiful becomes almost sinister, and the things that are pretty seem slightly surreal. Neal is also deeply affected by Calum's death, he used to hold him dear.

By telling Alison's personal story, Rogerson is good and effective at describing how you feel after such a great sorrow: They have desperate sex together: Alice is a different kind of person than Alison, she's her drained out projection: Yet, the Glasgow break gives her time to recover; she refuses to contact people from the past Chrissie, Neal as she's trying to fix her life's broken pieces. To Neal, Calum's passing is a hard time to think about his own life and his memories play now an important role: Happy moments come to his mind: Alison who used to fall asleep next to him in his bed just because she loved to be close to him or Calum who called him Dad.

He will realize he's never stopped loving Alison, his love was just frozen, even if he tried to have relationships with other women. I've read this novel in the original English version and I thought it was fluent and easy Mind all those times in the cottage? Sep 24, Serendipity Reviews rated it really liked it. This really isn't the type of book I would normally read, but after being extremely impressed with other books published by Black and White Publishing as well as being intrigued by the blurb for this book, I was curious to read it and on reflection I'm really glad I did.

This book looks at how an unexpected major event can change your journey through life, swiftly sweeping you into a completely different destiny. Alison's son Callum, is killed instantly in a car crash, a reality that appears in This really isn't the type of book I would normally read, but after being extremely impressed with other books published by Black and White Publishing as well as being intrigued by the blurb for this book, I was curious to read it and on reflection I'm really glad I did.

Alison's son Callum, is killed instantly in a car crash, a reality that appears in the news on a daily basis. When we see these accidents occur in real life, they linger for a moment in our minds, occasionally resurfacing through out the day but they do not stay with us for long unless we know the person who has died in such a tragic way.

This book closely follows the day to day lives of the people that knew Callum well - the ones most affected by his death, paying close attention to their cycle of grief until the pain begins to ebb a little from their daily existence. Through very poignant and detailed writing, you experience their grief first hand - the angry thoughts, the confusion and the severe loss in their lives will bring tears to your eyes. Each character within the book is affected differently by the passing of Callum, reflecting how in life grief affects each individual in various ways.

The characters are very real and normal; the type of people you might expect to find living next door or within your own family. They are not perfect and they don't try to be, they just aim to be human and lifelike. This book doesn't even offer a happy ending full of solutions, but it does offer reality. By the end, Alice and Neil have made choices that often confound them and make them angry but they are choices they have made together and they reflect a normal married couple in society today.

Neil was my favourite character through out the book because he never gave up on Alison. When Alison was swallowed up by grief and unable to be found, he still held a flicker of hope that she would return to him and finally love him after waiting patiently for years. He was like a gentle giant whose bear hugs calmed the tempestuous nature of Alison. I loved the personification of the A9 - the backbone of the story, holding all the fragile characters together, while weaving throughout the plot.

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The descriptions in the book are detailed and yet contemplative. The book provides a quiet, reflective and poignant look at life, which will leave you with questions concerning your own journey. A quiet little gem successfully portraying a difficult and distressing part of human nature. Dec 11, CL rated it really liked it.

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While I found this story difficult to really sink my teeth into for the first few chapters, by the time I closed the book I was very glad to have pressed on and seen these characters through their emotional journeys that all tie together, even those that never share a scene. I struggled a bit to relate to the main characters because of their decisions, and yet this is part of the reason I enjoyed reading it; it was a chance to empathise with people making choices I wouldn't have made, and seeing While I found this story difficult to really sink my teeth into for the first few chapters, by the time I closed the book I was very glad to have pressed on and seen these characters through their emotional journeys that all tie together, even those that never share a scene.

I struggled a bit to relate to the main characters because of their decisions, and yet this is part of the reason I enjoyed reading it; it was a chance to empathise with people making choices I wouldn't have made, and seeing where it leads them. There are several fantastic character arcs and Rogerson does well to illustrate the growth and change these characters experience after the sudden death of a young man. However, you will be bombarded with charged particles, because that's what the aurora borealis is — the solar wind impinging on the upper atmosphere.

So, get some good shielding. Regrettably, in that case you won't see anything. I think they reneged on those plans after talking to local space physicsts, but I'm not sure. They discovered that most of the light is produced between 90 and km above the ground, while extending at times to more than km. By clicking "Post Your Answer", you acknowledge that you have read our updated terms of service , privacy policy and cookie policy , and that your continued use of the website is subject to these policies.

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Home Questions Tags Users Unanswered. What woud happen to me if I touched the aurora? Rex Kerr 2 3. Dang, beat me by 58 seconds!

They do sometimes make it through. In fact, this sometimes can be recognised by So, when you travel through the aurora, you are guaranteed to get a heavy load of charged particles. Update From this document it seems that going to a polar orbit only increases the radiation levels by about 10x compared to a typical medium-inclination orbit, so not enough to be immediately dangerous but you wouldn't want to put your space station in a polar orbit.

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If you check the Wiki article on auroras, you will find: So, touching an aurora is sticking your hand into hard vacuum. It's likely to smart some. Whether you "should" or not is up to you. Sign up or log in Sign up using Google. Sign up using Facebook. Sign up using Email and Password.