A Stranger in the Family - Couverture rigide

Barnard, Robert

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1439176744 ISBN 13 : 9781439176740

Editeur : Scribner, 2010

Synopsis

Book by Barnard Robert

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Kit Philipson has always felt like a stranger in his family. Having grown up as the much-loved child of a professional family in Glasgow, Scotland, he learned that he was adopted, and that his birth name was Novello. Soon vague memories begin to surface: his nursery, pictures on the wall, the smell of his birth mother when she'd been cooking. And sometimes there are more disturbing memories of strangers taking him by the hand and leading him away from the only family he had ever known. A search of old newspaper files reveals that a three-year-old boy was abducted from his parents' holiday hotel in Sicily in 1989. Now, twenty years later, the young man known as Kit sets out to rediscover his past but his probing inquiries may unearth secrets that dare never be revealed. Barnard brilliantly chips away at a carefully constructed family facade in a deeply moving story about the power of maternal love and the danger of obsession.

Présentation de l'éditeur

At the age of three, Kit Philipson was abducted whilst on holiday with his family in Italy. He grew up adored by his adopted parents but as his mother lay dying she confessed her terrible secret and gave him the details of his real mother. Isla Novello is ecstatic to be reunited with her long lost son but there are some members of the family who are less thrilled. And why are they all so reluctant for him to investigate his disappearance all those years ago? Kit is determined to find out the truth about his abduction and the murky motives that lay behind it. But he has no idea just how harrowing his investigation will turn out to be.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Scribner
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1439176744
• ISBN 13: 9781439176740
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 250
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible