Summer of '76 - Couverture souple

Ashdown, Isabel

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1908434333 ISBN 13 : 9781908434333

Editeur : Myriad Editions, 2013

Synopsis

In this intense novel of secrets and simmering passions the acclaimed author of Glasshopper and Hurry Up and Wait takes us back to the legendary heatwave of 1976. It's the start of one of the hottest summers on record with soaring temperatures and weeks without rain; the summer of Abba, T-Rex, David Bowie and Demis Roussos; of Martinis, cheesecake and chicken chasseur; of the Montreal Olympics and the Notting Hill riots - the summer Big Ben stopped dead. Luke Wolff is about to turn eighteen and is all set to enjoy his last few months at home on the Isle of Wight before leaving for college. Life is looking good; his job at a holiday camp promises new friendships, even the possibility of romance, and his parents are too preoccupied with their own lives to worry much about their son's growing independence. But with windows and doors constantly open and life increasingly lived outside, secrets become hard to hide. As Luke listens in, his parents' seemingly ordered lives come unstuck. Soon the community is gripped by scandal, and everything Luke thought he knew about family and trust is turned on its head. With her fine eye for the drama of everyday life, Isabel Ashdown perceptively unravels the complexity of her characters' lives - and reveals what really lies beneath the deceptively smooth surface.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Isabel Ashdown lives in West Sussex with her carpenter husband and two children. Her first novel Glasshopper (Observer 'Best Debuts of 2009', Evening Standard 'Best Books of the Year') won the Mail on Sunday Novel Competition. Her second novel Hurry Up and Wait was published to critical acclaim and was listed as one of Amazon's Customer Favourites for Kindle in 2011. Her third novel Summer of '76 will be published in July 2013.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Myriad Editions
• Date d'édition: 2013
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1908434333
• ISBN 13: 9781908434333
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 320
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible