Nature Lessons - Couverture souple

Brasfield, Lynette

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0312310366 ISBN 13 : 9780312310363

Editeur : St. Martin's Griffin, 1900

Synopsis

A first-rate, beautifully-written novel about an émigré living in the States who goes back to her native South Africa to look for her missing mother--a fictional debut that will be a draw both to critics and to readers of fine, accessible fiction

Set against a backdrop of South Africa's troubled history, natural beauty, and complex contemporary society, Nature Lessons is a riveting story of a forty-year-old woman, Kate Jensen, struggling to come to terms with the legacy of growing up with a mentally ill mother--including an inability to form long-term, committed relationships--and the guilt she feels as a white person who grew up during the apartheid era.

Leavened with humor and full of wisdom gained from a childhood where nature's lessons were all too visible to ignore, Lynette Brasfield has written a heartbreaking but ultimately affirming novel about growing up in the shadow of mental illness.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Lynette Brasfield was born in Durban, South Africa, and moved to the United States in 1985. She's worked as a journalist, toy salesperson, assistant librarian, high school teacher, and public relations executive. She is the author of the novel Nature Lessons. She now lives in Southern California with her husband and two sons.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: St. Martin's Griffin
• Date d'édition: 1900
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0312310366
• ISBN 13: 9780312310363
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 292
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible