The Absent Woman - Couverture souple

Lee, Marlene

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1909374415 ISBN 13 : 9781909374416

Editeur : Holland House Books, 2013

Synopsis

"I couldn't put down The Absent Woman. I relished every scene, every word. It's one of the most compelling novels that I've read..." Ella Leffland, author of Rumors of Peace and The Knight, Death, and the Devil. Virginia Johnstone doesn't need a rest, she needs a change; not comfort, but purpose. Divorced, and a visitor in her children's lives, she decides to leave Seattle and spend three months in the harbor town of Hilliard. There, on the edge of Puget Sound, she sublets rooms in an old hotel, rooms belonging to a woman who has vanished without explanation. In search of someone who can take her piano-playing to the next level, Virginia encounters Twilah Chan, an inspiring teacher and disturbing presence. Twilah's son, Greg, an exciting but also disturbing presence, re-awakens Virginia's romantic life. When she discovers a connection between the absent woman of the old hotel, Twilah, and Greg, she must decide whether to pursue the uncertain course she has set for herself or return to the safety of Seattle. In a novel which is both elegiac and passionate, insightful and wryly humorous, Marlene Lee explores the need for change and the emotional consequences of leaving an old life in order to embrace a new one.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Marlene Lee has worked as a court reporter, teacher, college instructor, and writer. A graduate of Kansas Wesleyan University (BA), University of Kansas (MA), and Brooklyn College (MFA), she currently tutors in the Writing Center at the University of Missouri. She has published numerous stories, poems, and essays, in the "Indiana Review," "Descant," "Orange County Illustrated," Maverick Press, "Autobiography," "Calyx," "Other Voices," "roger: a journal of literature and art" and "Blue Fifth Review." She won first prize in the Pacific Northwest Writers Conference Novel Contest, and first prize in the University of Kansas Poetry Contest.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Holland House Books
• Date d'édition: 2013
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1909374415
• ISBN 13: 9781909374416
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 232
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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