The Catalpa Tree - Couverture souple

Devlin, Denyse

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 184488029X ISBN 13 : 9781844880294

Editeur : Penguin, 2004

Synopsis

Thirty-four-year-old writer, Oliver, becomes the guardian of his best friend's 15-year-old daughter, Jude, after the friend's sudden death. In the seven years that follow, Jude struggles with being alone in the world, albeit with a wonderful guardian whom she's always adored, and Oliver struggles with caring for a beloved child who is slowly becoming a woman - who is like a daughter and yet isn't. They each work through searing personal crises and ill-advised romances to find love with each other. But can it last?

A riveting, deeply moving and wonderfully written exploration of modern male and female attitudes to love - parental, erotic and everything in between - and the contradiction between the craving for love and the need for freedom.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Denyse Devlin is the daughter of an Irish diplomat and was born in Boston in 1958. She studied Arabit and English at University College, Dublin and subsequently worked as a translator in Iraq, where she shared a terrace with Saddam Hussein. She travelled extensively in the Middle East and also lived in the USA, Belgium, Australia and the UK before settling in Co Cork with her English husband in 1987. She has two teenage daughters.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Penguin
• Date d'édition: 2004
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 184488029X
• ISBN 13: 9781844880294
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 464
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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