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Junction of Earth and Sky (inbunden, eng)
Coming of age in 1940s England, Alice''s life is thrown into chaos under the shadow of the war. Forced to let go of her hopes and dreams, sh...
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Coming of age in 1940s England, Alice''s life is thrown into chaos under the shadow of the war. Forced to let go of her hopes and dreams, she finds herself uprooted to America and a life she never could have imagined.Decades later, it is the 1990s and Alice''s granddaughter Marnie is living out of a worn-out Chevy Nova, running heroin and cocaine along the New England coastline.
Yet she carries with her memories of a nurtured childhood in hardscrabble Rhode Island, where all the disappointments of her young parents were eclipsed by her grandmother''s love. Spanning six decades and two continents, from the shores of WWII England to the underside of 1990s America, JUNCTION OF EARTH AND SKY unfolds -in multiple timelines -the enduring bond of grandmother and granddaughter, plagued by the past but determined to find their place in the world against all the odds.A sweeping and emotional debut from a dazzling new voice - for fans of The Paper Palace, The Dutch House and Betty.________''This is a book of remarkable insight and empathy.
The novel''s kaleidoscopic view of one family over six generations drew me right into the characters'' lives and wouldn''t let me go. I will be thinking about the special bond between Alice and Marnie for a long time'' CHARMAINE WILKERSON, New York Times bestselling author of Black Cake''Written in precise and vivid prose, Junction of Earth and Sky combines the emotional breadth of an epic with the attention to specific, everyday detail of a short story collection.
A moving and hopeful novel about intergenerational trauma and the struggle to break the chain'' IMOGEN CRIMP, author of A Very Nice Girl
Yet she carries with her memories of a nurtured childhood in hardscrabble Rhode Island, where all the disappointments of her young parents were eclipsed by her grandmother''s love. Spanning six decades and two continents, from the shores of WWII England to the underside of 1990s America, JUNCTION OF EARTH AND SKY unfolds -in multiple timelines -the enduring bond of grandmother and granddaughter, plagued by the past but determined to find their place in the world against all the odds.A sweeping and emotional debut from a dazzling new voice - for fans of The Paper Palace, The Dutch House and Betty.________''This is a book of remarkable insight and empathy.
The novel''s kaleidoscopic view of one family over six generations drew me right into the characters'' lives and wouldn''t let me go. I will be thinking about the special bond between Alice and Marnie for a long time'' CHARMAINE WILKERSON, New York Times bestselling author of Black Cake''Written in precise and vivid prose, Junction of Earth and Sky combines the emotional breadth of an epic with the attention to specific, everyday detail of a short story collection.
A moving and hopeful novel about intergenerational trauma and the struggle to break the chain'' IMOGEN CRIMP, author of A Very Nice Girl
Format | Inbunden |
Omfång | 288 sidor |
Språk | Engelska |
Förlag | Bonnier Books Ltd |
Utgivningsdatum | 2024-08-01 |
ISBN | 9781786583468 |
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- Inbunden, 288, Engelska, Bonnier Books Ltd, 2024-08-01, 9781786583468
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