Practice AC25 Filled with marvels

Filled with marvels

Pearson explores second chances – the ones we are denied and the ones we refuse to give – and the lines we cross that may never be forgiven

constantly evolving imagination confronting modern life

seeing how they have taken on fresh significance as historical and archaeological research has uncovered the truth behind each legend

Practice AC25 Filled with marvelsSix o'clock in the morning, Sunday, at the worn out end of January. In a small room in an Oxford college, cold and dim and full of quiet, an undergraduate student works on an essay about Shakespeare's sonnets. Annabel has a meticulously planned routine for her day work, yoga, meditation, long walks; no apples after meals, no coffee on an empty stomach but finds it repeatedly thrown off course. Despite her efforts, she cannot stop her thoughts slipping