Amity & Sorrow: A Novel - Couverture rigide

Riley, Peggy

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0316220884 ISBN 13 : 9780316220880

Editeur : Little, Brown and Company, 2013

A propos du livre

Revue de presse

"AMITY & SORROW, grace and hope, honor and innocence, bliss and deliverance-all of this from one beautifully nuanced story about the nature of family and the power of faith. I savored every word."―Lori Lansens, author of The Girls

"A beautiful and terrifying book. Peggy Riley tells a complex and enthralling tale of family love and religious belief with uncommon wisdom, grace, and skill."―Sigrid Nunez, author of The Last of Her Kind

"Fierce and disturbing.... Riley's debut novel is a harsh but compassionate look at nature vs. nurture through the lens of a polygamous cult."―Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)

"[An] accomplished, harrowing debut.... Riley's descriptive prose is rich in metaphor.... [and] the haunting literary drama simmers to a boil as it deftly navigates issues of family, faith, community, and redemption."―Ann Kelley, Booklist (Starred Review)

"A literary page-turner.... Her writing is clear, crisp, chilling..."―Reader's Digest

"Fierce and disturbing.... A harsh but compassionate look at nature vs. nurture."―The Washington Examiner

"Gripping.... a must-read for book lovers."―Ladies Home Journal

"A powerful book about hope and redemption, as well as the perils of unquestioned belief and obedience."―SheKnows.com

"[A] shimmering first novel.... This delicately stitched, finely patterned and poetic novel suggests there is a tipping point at which human resilience disappears.... Riley has a gift for metaphor that gives this novel loft, and a rhythmic way of swinging from present to past."―Dylan Landis, New York Times Book Review

"An accomplished debut novel.... The prose moves easily between past and future, between mother and daughter. Riley possesses a remarkable ability to prettily describe disturbing events; it's abrasive, yet compelling. She examines the complexities of families and the need to belong, how we lie best when we lie to ourselves (well said, Stephen King), and the ability to adapt."―Rory O'Connor, Examiner.com

Présentation de l'éditeur

A mother and her daughters drive for days without sleep until they crash their car in rural Oklahoma. The mother, Amaranth, is desperate to get away from someone she's convinced will follow them wherever they go--her husband. The girls, Amity and Sorrow, can't imagine what the world holds outside their father's polygamous compound. Rescue comes in the unlikely form of Bradley, a farmer grieving the loss of his wife. At first unwelcoming to these strange, prayerful women, Bradley's abiding tolerance gets the best of him, and they become a new kind of family. An unforgettable story of belief and redemption, AMITY & SORROW is about the influence of community and learning to stand on your own.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Little, Brown and Company
• Date d'édition: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0316220884
• ISBN 13: 9780316220880
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 320