Worn out from nursing soldiers at a Milwaukee hospital and struggling to recover from a traumatic love affair, Amanda Starkey returns to her family's rural Wsconsin farm to stay with her beloved sister, Mattie, and young niece, Ruth, in a mesmerizing tale of obsession, the dangers of keeping secrets, and the terrifying repercussions of revealing them. A first novel. Reprint.
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Recensione:
"A strong sense of portent and unusually vivid characters distinguish this mesmerizing first novel about horrifying family secrets and nearly annihilating guilt. Drowning Ruth is a complex and rewarding debut."
--Anita Shreve, author of Fortune's Rocks and The Pilot's Wife
From the Hardcover edition.
L'autore:
Christina Schwarz grew up in Wisconsin. She and her husband live in New Hampshire, where she is at work on her second novel.
From the Trade Paperback edition.
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- EditoreFawcett Books
- Data di pubblicazione2003
- ISBN 10 0345460359
- ISBN 13 9780345460356
- RilegaturaCopertina flessibile
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