Three intertwining novellas about love, death, and the bonds of
blood: “To say that Ellen Gilchrist can write is to say that
Placido Domingo can sing.”—Jonathan Yardley, The Washington Post
Journeying through the lives of different members of the Hand family,
Ellen Gilchrist weaves together tumultuous relationships that are
bound by blood. A harrowing custody battle leads Anna Hand to Istanbul
and back to ensure once and for all that her niece is safe from her
conniving mother’s ploys. Jessie, finally free from her mother’s
influence, has her life upended when Olivia, the sister she never knew
she had, appears at the Hands’ home. Between this and the shocking
loss of her aunt, Jessie doesn’t know if her resentment of Olivia
comes from their chaotic meeting or something suspicious bubbling just
beneath Olivia’s surface. Meanwhile Olivia, the half-Native American
child who had never known a normal family, must cope with this new
world of high society. Losing Anna, and having a dark and desperate
secret exposed, may send her back to Tahlequah—if it doesn’t send
her over the edge first. And Anna, leaving a legacy of literature in
her wake, may do more harm in death than she ever wanted in life, as
her sister enters a vicious fight to recover her lost writing…
“Always she takes the long, comic view of her characters' frailties,
for only through the chaos they create, she seems to suggest, do
family trees writhe toward the light.”—The New York Times
“Gilchrist brilliantly captures the intimate accents and rhythms of
a family under stress.”—Publishers Weekly “A thoroughly
engaging work.”—Library Journal
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ISBN
9781635761634
Publisert
2017
Utgiver
Vendor
Diversion Books (ORIM)
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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