The Day the Falls Stood Still - Couverture souple

Buchanan, Cathy Marie

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0099533340 ISBN 13 : 9780099533344

Editeur : Windmill Books, 2011

A propos du livre

Quatrième de couverture :

Niagara Falls, 1915

I have stood at the brink of t he falls, that thin line that separates eternity from time

Seventeen-year-old Bess has led a privileged existence. But when she arrives home after her graduation, nothing is as she had left it. Her father has lost his job, her mother is reduced to sewing for the society ladies she once entertained, and Isabel, her vivacious older sister, is a shadow of her former self.

The night of her return, Bess meets Tom Cole. She finds herself inexplicably drawn to him, despite her family's objections. He is not from their world. He is a riverman and his fearless rescues at the falls render him a local hero. As their lives become entwined, Bess is forced to make a painful choice between what she wants and what is best for her family...

Set against the tumultuous backdrop of Niagara Falls, at a time when daredevils shot the river rapids in barrels and fortunes were made and lost as quickly as lives disappeared, The Day the Falls Stood Still is an intoxicating novel, as powerful as the falls themselves.

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Niagara Falls, 1915

When Bess Heath returns to her family home near the picturesque falls, it is to an unfamiliar scene - the elegance of the life she once knew has vanished. Her father is a broken man, jobless and losing hope, and her mother is struggling to keep the family afloat. Isabel, the lively, charismatic sister Bess has always relied on is almost unrecognisable. Her engagement called off, she languishes in her bedroom, brooding and refusing to eat.

Through all of this Bess finds solace in Tom Cole, a man she met by chance the night she returned home. Constant, gentle and devoted to Bess, he understands better than anyone the awesome and potentially devastating power of the falls - and consoles her through a tragedy that nearly ruins her. But as their lives become more fully entwined, Bess is forced to make a painful choice between what she wants and what is best for her family . . .

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Windmill Books
• Date d'édition: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0099533340
• ISBN 13: 9780099533344
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 320