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1) Sea wife
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Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Juliet is failing to juggle motherhood and her stalled-out dissertation on confessional poetry when her husband, Michael, informs her that he wants to leave his job and buy a sailboat. With their two kids - Sybil, age seven, and George, age two - Juliet and Michael set off for Panama, where their forty-four foot sailboat awaits them. The initial result is transformative; the marriage is given a gust of energy, Juliet emerges from her depression,...
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Language
English
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"Attending summer camp as a boy, Erik Schroder -- a first generation East German immigrant -- adopts the name of Eric Kennedy, a fateful white lie that will set him on an improbable and ultimately tragic course" -- Jacket flap
A lyrical and deeply affecting novel recounting the seven days a father spends on the road with his daughter after kidnapping her during a parental visit. Eric Schroder brings his daughter, Meadow, to Lake Champlain, Vermont,...
Author
Publisher
Other Press
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
From the author of the critically acclaimed Sea Wife
Praised for her exquisite prose and crystalline insights, Amity Gaige returns with The Folded World, the story of an idealistic young social worker drawn into the lives of his mentally ill clients.
Charlie Shade was born into a quiet, prosperous life, but a sense of injustice dogs him. He feels destined to leave his life of "bread and laundry," to work instead with...
Praised for her exquisite prose and crystalline insights, Amity Gaige returns with The Folded World, the story of an idealistic young social worker drawn into the lives of his mentally ill clients.
Charlie Shade was born into a quiet, prosperous life, but a sense of injustice dogs him. He feels destined to leave his life of "bread and laundry," to work instead with...
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Language
Deutsch
Description
Die Havarie einer Ehe, ein Segeltörn in der Karibik. Mit großem erzählerischem Geschick entfaltet Amity Gaige ein nautisches und menschliches Drama.
Juliet arbeitet an ihrer Dissertation und lebt mit den beiden Kindern und ihrem Mann Michael ein Vorstadtleben. Michael gelingt es, sie für seinen großen Traum zu begeistern: ein Jahr auf hoher See auf einer Segelyacht zu verbringen. Atemlos steuern wir mit der vierköpfigen Familie in der Karibik...