Don't I Know You?: A Novel - Brossura

Shepard, Karen

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0060782382 ISBN 13: 9780060782382

Casa editrice: Perennial, 2007

Riassunto

The brutal, unsolved 1976 murder of Gina Engel, a single mother, has a profound impact on the lives of three very different people, including the victim's son Steven, who discovered his mother's body; Lily Chin, who encounters an enigmatic woman who warns her of her fiancé's secret life; and Louise Carpanetti, a dying woman whose own son may have been involved in the crime. Reprint. 20,000 first printing.

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Recensione:

“Riveting and deeply felt and true.” (Dave Eggers, author of A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius)

“Shepard’s masterful third book...leads to a conclusion that’s satisfying, haunting and well deserved.” (Publishers Weekly (starred review))

“Shepard has found a voice here that is as strong and confident and full of wise observation.” (O magazine)

“This is a book that haunts and tantalizes and possesses us long after the last page is turned.” (Tim O’Brien author of the Pulitzer Prize finalist The Things They Carried and National Book Award winner for Going After Cacciato)

“A chilly, disquieting mystery in which the answer to the title is always ‘no.’” (Ron Hansen, author of Mariette in Ecstasy and the National Book Award finalist Atticus)

“[This] cunningly crafted jigsaw puzzle is colored by vibrant prose and capped by a you’ll-never-guess conclusion.” (Entertainment Weekly)

L'autore:

Karen Shepard is the author of the novels An Empire of Women and The Bad Boy's Wife. Her work has appeared in Atlantic Monthly, Self, Bomb, and other publications. She teaches writing and literature at Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, where she lives with her husband, writer Jim Shepard, and their three children.

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• Editore: Perennial
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0060782382
• ISBN 13: 9780060782382
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 230