Englische Bücher / Belletristik / Roman Erzählung Irische Belletristik / Roman Erzählung FICTION / Literary short stories quick reads short stories for adults short book the boy in the striped pyjamas the echo chamber ladder to the sky the heart's invisible furies all the broken places trauma guilt female protagonist ireland mother parents abuse swimming neglect redemption grief complicity family dynamics romantic fiction contemporary contemporary fiction literary fiction mental health dark noir
Art Nr.: 0857529811
ISBN 13: 9780857529817
Release Year: 2023
Published by: Transworld Publ. Ltd UK
Cover: Buch
Cover Format: 220x136x22 mm
Pages: 165
Weight: 292 g
Language: Englisch
Author: John Boyne
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Englische Bücher / Belletristik / Roman Erzählung Irische Belletristik / Roman Erzählung FICTION / Literary short stories quick reads short stories for adults short book the boy in the striped pyjamas the echo chamber ladder to the sky the heart's invisible furies all the broken places trauma guilt female protagonist ireland mother parents abuse swimming neglect redemption grief complicity family dynamics romantic fiction contemporary contemporary fiction literary fiction mental health dark noir
'Subtle, intelligent and humane' Sunday Telegraph
'Boyne not only opens up conversations, he writes beautifully and sensitively' Woman&Home
'A perceptive, moving exploration of guilt, grief and complicity' Sunday Express
'Boyne does not put a foot wrong in this masterly novella' Mail on Sunday
'An intriguing investigation of contemporary trauma... [a] short but powerful book' Guardian
'His quietest novel... but one just as powerful as his larger canvases' Business Post
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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.
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.
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
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.
Can you ever truly wash away your past
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What readers are saying:
'A scorching, devastating tale'
'Powerful, challenging and beautifully written'
'Compelling, propulsive, and completely immersive'
'Written with the same emotional intensity and thought provoking honesty as his longer works'
'Packs a hard hitting punch with its depth of emotional understanding of what it is to be human'
'What an astoundingly brilliant piece of writing this is . . . by its end you feel as though you have read something much more epic in length'