The Drowning Season (Signet) - Softcover

Hoffman, Alice

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0451178157 ISBN 13: 9780451178152

Verlag: Penguin, 1993

Inhaltsangabe

Esther the White, a cold matriarch, presides lovelessly over her family--among them, her suicidal son Phillip and Phillip's eighteen-year-old daughter--on her isolated compound on Long Island. Reprint.

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Reseña del editor

Upon turning eighteen, Esther the Black looks for a chance to escape from her hated and dying grandmother, Esther the White, who lives in seclusion on Long Island, where each summer her son, Philip, tries to kill himself by walking into the ocean.

Reseña del editor

A powerfully moving tale that paints the protrait of three generations in a family separated by loneliness, hope, and betrayal. Esther the White, a Russian emigre who chooses to live cut off from normal human experience. Her suicidal son Phillip, and Phillip's eighteen-year-old daughter. Together they share an isolated compound on Long Island. Only by calling upon all the healing powers of love can the members of Esther's family make peace with themselves and each other.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Penguin
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1993
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0451178157
• ISBN 13: 9780451178152
• Einband: Libro de bolsillo
• Anzahl der Seiten: 400
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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