Leslye Walton

Gebundenes Buch

The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender

Beschreibung

Born with bird wings, Ava Lavender's well aware that love has long made fools of her family. When pious Nathaniel Sorrows mistakes her bird wings for angel wings, 16-year-old Ava faces the man's growing obsession, which comes to a head with the rain and feathers that fly through the air during a nighttime summer solstice celebration.

Autor

Leslye Walton says that The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender began as a short story that came to her while listening to a song. She has an MA in writing, and this is her first novel. Walton is a native of Tacoma, Washington, and she currently teaches middle school in Seattle.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Candlewick Press (MA)
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Altersempfehlung: ab 14 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. März 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 144mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 480g
• ISBN-13: 9780763665661
• ISBN-10: 0763665665
• Artikelnr.: 39122660

Rezensionen

An almost operatic air. . . Walton's beautiful prose captures perfectly the blurred boundaries between everyday primary suburban life and the fantastical elements of epic tales. . . A sorrowful tale that will haunt the reader. Inis Magazine