The Summer of the Bear - Couverture souple

Pollen, Bella

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0802145884 ISBN 13 : 9780802145888

Editeur : Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press, 2012

Synopsis

Best-selling author Bella Pollen's imaginative new novel received stellar reviews in hardcover and was chosen as a Richard & Judy Book Club title.

In 1980 Germany, Cold War tensions are once again escalating and a mole is suspected in the British Embassy. So when the clever diplomat Nicky Fleming dies suddenly and suspiciously, it's convenient to brand him the traitor. But was his death an accident, murder, or suicide? As the government investigates Nicky's death, his wife relocates with their three children to a remote Scottish island hoping to save what remains of their family. But the isolated shores of her childhood retreat only intensify their distance between them, and it is the brilliant and peculiar youngest child, Jamie, who alone holds on to the one thing he's sure of: his father has promised to return and he was a man who never broke a promise.

When Jamie sets off to explore the island with his teenage sisters, they discover a tamed grizzly bear has been marooned on shore, hiding somewhere among the seaside caves. Jamie believes the bear may have a strange connection to his father, and as he seeks the truth, Nicky's story begins revealing itself in unexpected ways.

A propos du livre

Revue de presse

`A heartfelt and magical tale about a family coping with loss and fear' --SHE magazine:

`Mesmerising Read' --Woman and Home magazine

`A haunting, unsentimental look at estranged families and hidden secrets...so magically melancholy...Tender and wistful, Pollen doesn't shy away from harsh truths, but at the heart of her story there's an unquenchable belief in love and redemption.' --Marie Claire

`The Summer of the Bear is a heartbreaking story about a family stranded on a Scottish island, shrouded in mystery.' --In Style Magazine

'Bewitching...a heartfelt, poignant novel' --Glamour

'Read it for it's emotional resonance.' --Tatler

`A gently absorbing tale which smoothly splices poignant family drama with suspenseful Cold War thriller.' --Daily Mail

`Pollen is brilliant at portraying the bewilderment of the Fleming children...this is a gentle, haunting tale that stayed with me long after I finished reading.' --Daily Express

`The story of Jamie and siblings is heartbreaking but interspersed with a knowing humour as Pollen captures the subtle witticisms of the islanders as they bend and twist the story of the bear until it takes on a sort of mythical status.'
--Scotsman Magazine

'A fairytale of the adult world' --The Scotsman Review

'Part fairy-tale, part suspense-thriller this magical book grips hold of you, almost creating the sensation of an out-of-body experience - one that'll keep you holding your breath until the very last minute' --Easy Living magazine

'Part spy thriller and part ghost story, this book will keep you enthralled to the last page' --The Sunday Post

'Beautifully drawn . . . more an old-fashioned adventure than a slick modern thriller but the plotting is lucid, the dialogue crisp and the characterization first class. It is a pleasure to spend time in the company of such a relaxed, polished storyteller' --Mail on Sunday

'Pollen is brilliant at portraying the bewilderment of the Fleming children . . . this is a gentle, haunting tale that stayed with me long after I finished reading' --Daily Express

Présentation de l'éditeur

In the summer of 1979, a tamed grizzly bear is tempted by the lure of freedom and the wild open sea . . .

Meanwhile, the sudden death of British diplomat Nicky Fleming has left his wife closed down with shock. Relocated from Cold-War-riven Germany to a remote Hebridean island, Letty Fleming is haunted by the unthinkable was it an accident, murder or suicide? And how can she ever begin to explain to her three children that their father may have betrayed his country?

Struggling to find solace in a place she loves, Letty begins to unravel the mystery of Nicky's death, but her determination to protect the children from the truth blinds her to the demons they are already battling.

As the family s secrets threaten to tear them apart, it is only the strange but brilliant Jamie who manages to hold on to the one thing he knows for sure: his father has promised to return, and Nicky Fleming was a man who never broke a promise . . .

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0802145884
• ISBN 13: 9780802145888
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 448
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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