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Twenty-year-old Jago Trevarno is living a simple life in Cornwall with his uncle following a life-changing brain injury.

Slowly adjusting to the reality of his new life, he gets caught up in the murky world of local villain, Bill Sligo, who appears to have designs on Jago’s uncle’s farm and in particular a field.

Jago determines to find out why Bill Sligo wants the field – and in so doing puts his own life in grave danger.

Beautifully written, spare and elegiac, filled with shafts of light and darkness as well as the beauty and harshness of the Cornish landscape, Jago’s journey is one of hope, acceptance and of resilience as he comes to terms with this, his second life.

© Patrick Charnley 2026 (P) Penguin Audio 2026

Critics Review

Touching, richly evocative. A remarkable debut novel
Patrick Gale
Utterly absorbing, beautifully written and insightful in unexpected ways. This, My Second Life is a moving must-read
Jennie Godfrey
An intense and unexpected debut. A beautiful piece of writing
Amanda Craig
An unexpectedly life affirming story woven into the fabric of a thriller
Esther Freud
Thrilling and tender, I enjoyed every word. Jago is a very original memorable narrator, full of warmth and optimism
Julie Myerson
Deceptively simple yet completely compulsive. I was absorbed by Jago's story and the world around him
Gill Hornby

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