Now The Major Motion Picture DRIFT Starring Cynthia Erivo and Alia
Shawkat • A New York Times Notable Book • Hypnotic in its
depiction of physical and spiritual hungers, this is a novel about
ruin, faith, and the devastating memories that can destroy and redeem
us. “Immensely powerful. . . . Beautifully written. . . .
Jacqueline is a mesmerizing heroine.” —The Boston Globe In the
aftermath of Charles Taylor’s fallen regime, a young Liberian woman
named Jacqueline has fled to the Aegean island of Santorini. She lives
in a cave accessible only at low tide. During the day, she offers
massages to tourists, battling her hunger one or two euros at a time.
Her pressing physical needs provide a deeper relief, obliterating her
memories of unspeakable violence. But slowly, the specters of her
former life resurface: her adoring younger sister; her unshakably
proper mother; her father, who believed in his president; her
journalist lover, who knew that Taylor would be overthrown. Now
Jacqueline must face the ghosts that haunt her—or tip into
full-blown madness.
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ISBN
9780307962584
Publisert
2017
Utgiver
Random House Digital Inc.
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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