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ONCE, UPON AN ISLAND IBD

LAURY A EGAN
HELIOTROPE BOOKS LLC
09 / 2022
9781956474084
Inglés

Sinopsis

A sixteen-year-old girl, Olivia, who feels guilty about her younger brotherâÇÖs death. Her mother, Evelyn, a glamorous artist. Travis, the charismatic owner of the Pink Fancy Hotel. A mysteri¡ous Czechoslo¡vakian widow, Sofiya. A sojourn on St. Croix, a tropi¡cal island. Two love affairs. Secrets. Nazis. Ravensbrück concentra¡tion camp. Conflict, jealousy, kindness, tenderness. A res¡cue and a resurrec¡tion. All woven together in a haunting work of liter¡ary fiction set in 1966.á'An engaging and well-written story of a young woman discover¡ing the nuances and mysteries of human relationships, love, and adulthood.áSet on a beautiful Caribbean island and peppered with references to charac¡ters, places, and events there, I felt like I was a confidant and witnessáto the emotions and experi¡ences of a friend.áEgan found an excellent balance between the voice of her young narrator in the time period and the perspective from years later.'-Lisa Cantrell, administrator, 'St. Croix Memories''The novel is a heart-wrenching treatise of teen angst and relation¡ships damaged by trauma, set in the beautiful Virgin Islands. It gently portrays how chance-met friends can help us toádeal with adversity.'-J.A. Lordi, writing as Tinker Marne, author of Sunken Treachery'A major work. All of the primary characters deserve their own novels.'-Dr. Helga Schier, former executive editor, Random House

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