Drowning Ruth: The chilling psychological thriller - Couverture rigide

Schwarz, Christina

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0747271674 ISBN 13 : 9780747271673

Editeur : Headline, 2000

A propos du livre

Revue de presse

'Schwarz's writing is never less than polished and she is accomplished at building suspense...a convincing study of sibling jealousy' Times

In [the] assured last stroke, Ms Schwarz affirms the psychological underpinnings of a book that would have worked page-turningly well as a straightforward mystery alone. She gives it the extra wisdom that marks DROWNING RUTH as the chilling, precociously good start to a bright new novelist's career (New York Times)

A strong sense of portent and unusually vivid characters distinguish this mesmerizing first novel about horrifying family secrets and nearly annihilating guilt. DROWNING RUTH is a complex and rewarding debut (Anita Shreve)

'This unnerving psychological thriller has a haunting family secret at its heart - and a dramatic and moving ending' Family Circle

A riveting first novel... A very suspenseful tale, one that will keep readers up shivering in the heat of an August night (USA Today)

'An atmospheric and haunting mystery brought alive through fine writing and strong characters' Woman and Home

Quietly powerful prose and carefully nuanced description... Creates a satisfying fictional world. An engrossing debut from a writer to watch (Kirkus Reviews)

'Sensitive and moving tale' The Mirror

The first sentence of this brilliantly understated psychological thriller leaps off the page and captures the reader's imagination...Schwarz deftly uses first-person narration to heighten the drama. Her prose is spare but bewitching, and she juggles the speakers and time periods with the surety of a seasoned novelist (Publishers Weekly)

'The first sentence of this brilliantly understated psychological thriller leaps off the page and captures the reader's imagination...Schwarz deftly uses first-person narration to heighten the drama. Her prose is spare but bewitching, and she juggles the speakers and time periods with the surety of a seasoned novelist. Rather than attempting a trumped-up suspenseful finale, Schwarz ends her novel gently, underscoring the delicate power of her tale' Publishers Weekly

Présentation de l'éditeur

Apparently buckling under the strain of caring for wounded soldiers, Amanda retreats from her nursing job at the close of the First World War to her family's farm on a lake in rural Wisconsin, hoping that life with her beloved sister Mattie and her niece, three-year-old Ruth, will restore her. But very soon Amanda comes to see that her old home is no refuge; she has carried her troubles with her.

Months later, Mattie's husband Carl returns from the war to find his wife mysteriously drowned and his daughter being raised by prickly and possessive Amanda. What happened the night Mattie died? For years the consequences of that event reverberate, and the truth, when it is finally revealed, is both dramatic and extraordinarily moving.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Headline
• Date d'édition: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0747271674
• ISBN 13: 9780747271673
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 288