A Map of the World - Softcover

Hamilton, Jane

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0552996815 ISBN 13: 9780552996815

Verlag: Black Swan, 1996

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A powerfully written, evocative tale of guilt, betrayal and the terrifying ways our lives can spin out of control.

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Jane Hamilton s first novel, the prizewinning The Book of Ruth, was selected for Oprah Winfrey s influential Book Club, as was her second novel, A Map of the World. Her most recent work, The Short History of a Prince, was shortlisted for the Orange Prize. Her new novel is Disobedience. She lives on an apple farm in Wisconsin.

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Because Alice and Howard Goodwin run a small dairy farm in the midst of encroaching suburbia, and because their eccentric ways betray their city origins, they are shunned as 'that hippie couple', outsiders in the small Midwestern town of Prairie Center. Nevertheless, they feel that they and their two small daughters are living in a self-made paradise. But Alice has always believed that all it would take to fall from grace is 'one stupendous error, or else an unfortunate accident'. And one morning, while Alice is babysitting her neighbour's children, a tragic accident does occur on the farm. This sets into motion a devastating and irrevocable string of events that will change the Goodwins' lives for ever as they find themselves trapped in a nightmare from which they cannot escape. A Map of the World is a harrowing tale about guilt, betrayal and the loss of innocence. Spellbinding, lyrical, and universal in its themes, this powerful, emotional page-turner shows that Jane Hamilton is a writer of exceptional talent.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Black Swan
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1996
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0552996815
• ISBN 13: 9780552996815
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 414
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