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Beschreibung

<p><b>'A perceptive, moving exploration of guilt, grief and complicity'</b> <i>Sunday Express</i><br><b>'Boyne does not put a foot wrong in this masterly novella' </b><i>Mail on Sunday</i><br><b>'An intriguing investigation of contemporary trauma... [a] short but powerful book' </b><i>Guardian</i><br><b>'His quietest novel... but one just as powerful as his larger canvases'</b><i> Business Post</i><br><b>___________<br><br>From million-copy-bestselling author John Boyne comes a masterfully reflective story about one woman coming to terms with the demons of her past and finding a new path forward.</b><br><br>The first thing Vanessa Carvin does when she arrives on the island is change her name. To the locals, she is Willow Hale, a solitary outsider escaping Dublin to live a hermetic existence in a small cottage, not a notorious woman on the run from her past.<br><br>But scandals follow like hunting dogs. And she has some questions of her own to answer. If her ex-husband is really the monster everyone says he is, then how complicit was she in his crimes?<br><br>Escaping her old life might seem like a good idea but the choices she has made throughout her marriage have consequences. Here, on the island, Vanessa must reflect on what she did - and did not do. Only then can she discover whether she is worthy of finding peace at all.<br><br><b>Can you ever truly wash away your past?</b><br><b>__________<br><br>What readers are saying:<br><br>'A scorching, devastating tale'<br>'Powerful, challenging and beautifully written'<br>'Compelling, propulsive, and completely immersive'<br>'Written with the same emotional intensity and thought provoking honesty as his longer works'</b></p>

Artikeldetails

EAN

9780857529817

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Buch

Maße

220 x 136 x 22 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2024

Verlag / Hersteller

Transworld Publ. Ltd UK