The Floating Island - Couverture rigide

Ralph, Anna

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1847820832 ISBN 13 : 9781847820839

Editeur : Ulverscroft Large Print Books Ltd, 2008

A propos du livre

Quatrième de couverture

'Anna Ralph's debut novel is moving, astute and arrestingly readable. I couldn't put it down.' Miranda Seymour

They say it's coming back. Before long the moon will find a shadow under the lake. Bubbles will rise and the shadow will spread to a stain. Then, in the night, in the dark, the floating island will surface. Here again. As it was a year ago. The day Tom died...

It's almost a year since fifteen-year-old Matt and his younger brother, Tom, rowed out to the island. Matt, confined to a wheelchair and haunted by nightmares, can't remember what happened. Nor does he want to.

Only when Sarah Bell, a tough Geordie with a no-nonsense approach, takes up the newly vacant position of Matt's carer, do things begin to change. At first, resentful of her presence, he tries to drive her away, but Sarah isn't like the other carers. She isn't like anyone he's ever met.

Sarah's attention meanwhile, is focussed on Robert, Matt's psychiatrist. Mature, attractive and a world away from everything she knows, he seems to be exactly what she needs. But Robert, highly skilled at solving other people's problems, is struggling to deal with his own.

As the floating island returns to the surface of the lake, Robert forces Matt to confront the truth about Tom's death, but in doing so unwittingly exposes him to an adult world of passion, guilt, and betrayal he's unprepared for...

'A straightforward, frankly sensual debut that explores dependency, responsibility, guilt and desire with assured clarity' Guardian

Présentation de l'éditeur

They say it's coming back. Before long the moon will find a shadow under the lake. Bubbles will rise and the shadow will spread to a stain. Then, in the night, in the dark, the floating island will surface. Here again. As it was a year ago. The day Tom died.

It's almost a year since fifteen-year-old Matt and his younger brother, Tom, rowed out to the island. Matt, confined to a wheelchair and haunted by nightmares, can't remember what happened. Nor does he want to.

Only when Sarah Bell, a tough, Geordie girl with a no-nonsense approach, takes up the newly vacant position of Matt's carer, do things begin to change for him. At first, resentful of her presence, he tries to drive her away, but she isn't like the other carers. She isn't like anyone he's ever met.

Sarah's attention meanwhile, is focussed on Robert, Matt's psychiatrist. Mature, attractive and a world away from everything she knows, he seems to be exactly what she needs. But Robert, highly skilled at solving other people's problems, is struggling to deal with his own.

As the floating island returns to the surface of the lake, Robert forces Matt to confront the truth about his brother's death, but also, unknowingly, exposes him to an adult world of passion, guilt, and betrayal...

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Ulverscroft Large Print Books Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1847820832
• ISBN 13: 9781847820839
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 360
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible