Richard Mason
The Lighted Rooms
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A stunningly incisive and poignant novel about family, duty and the challenging world of the mind.Joan McAllistair is about to embark on the 'Trip of a Lifetime' with her daughter Eloise; a journey back to her childhood South Africa and the family homestead in the old Boer Republic of the Orange Free State.For Eloise, the trip is partly a gift, partly a means of assuaging her guilt at moving her mother into a care home. For Joan, the discovery of her grandmother's journal transports her to the troubled times of the Anglo-Boer war. Eloise, in the meantime, has gambled her business's entire fortune on a promise made by an old lover.As their sto…
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A stunningly incisive and poignant novel about family, duty and the challenging world of the mind.Joan McAllistair is about to embark on the 'Trip of a Lifetime' with her daughter Eloise; a journey back to her childhood South Africa and the family homestead in the old Boer Republic of the Orange Free State.For Eloise, the trip is partly a gift, partly a means of assuaging her guilt at moving her mother into a care home. For Joan, the discovery of her grandmother's journal transports her to the troubled times of the Anglo-Boer war. Eloise, in the meantime, has gambled her business's entire fortune on a promise made by an old lover.As their stories unravel, Joan takes increasing refuge in the landscape of her mind - in journeys to her own past. She also finds an unexpected friend in a lonely teenager who shares her fascination with history.
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-297-86398-4
- EAN: 9780297863984
- Produktnummer: 22600038
- Verlag: Orion
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
- Seitenangabe: 528 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 601 KB
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