Mary Lawson

Broschiertes Buch

Crow Lake

Beschreibung

#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER - The stellar debut novel from Mary Lawson (A Town Called Solace)--a shimmering tale of love, death and redemption set in a rural northern community where time stands still A gorgeous, slow-burning story of family love and misunderstandings, of resentments harbored and driven underground. Set in the rough-hewn heart of the Canadian Shield, Crow Lake brings us into the fold of the Morrison family--four suddenly orphaned children bound close by loss. Young Kate Morrison worships her elder brother, Matt, whose passionate interest in the natural world consoles and inspires her. But as an adult, she feels estranged from her siblings--Matt, Luke, and the irrepressible Bo--who once composed her entire world, and she can't reconcile the heroic brother of her youth with the all-too-human individual he has become. Mary Lawson pays out their gripping, emotionally and morally subtle story with heartbreaking humor and consummate control, overturning one's expectations to the end. "I've been trying to tell everyone I know about Mary Lawson. . . . Each one of her novels is just a marvel." --Anne Tyler, bestselling author of Three Days in June

Autor

MARY LAWSON was born and brought up in a small farming community in Ontario. She is the author of Crow Lake, and The Other Side of the Bridge, both international bestsellers. Crow Lake was a New York Times bestseller and was chosen as a Book of the Year by The New York Times and The Washington Post, among others. The Other Side of the Bridge was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize. Her latest novel, Road Ends, was a national bestseller and finalist for the Folio Prize. Lawson lives in England but returns to Canada frequently.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Knopf Canada
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. März 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 196mm x 127mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 249g
• ISBN-13: 9780676974805
• ISBN-10: 0676974805
• Artikelnr.: 24241766

Rezensionen

Beautifully written, carefully balanced, Mary Lawson constructs a history of sacrifice, emotional isolation and family love without sounding a false note Daily Mail