Colombian Peso
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Autor: Vaughan, Sarah
Editorial: Coronet
Lenguaje: Inglés Internacional
ISBN13: 9781444792294
Reseña: 1939 and Will and Alice are evacuated to a granite farm in north Cornwall perched on a windswept cliff. There they meet the farmers daughter Maggie and against fields of shimmering barley and a sky that stretches forever enjoy a childhood largely protected from the ravages of war. But in the sweltering summer of 1943 something happens that will have tragic consequences. A small lie escalates. Over 70 years on Alice is determined to atone for her behaviour - but has she left it too late? 2014 and Maggies granddaughter Lucy flees to the childhood home she couldnt wait to leave thirteen years earlier marriage over career apparently ended thanks to one terrible mistake. Can she rebuild herself and the family farm? And can she help her grandmother plagued by a secret to find some lasting peace? This is a novel about identity and belonging guilt regret and atonement the unrealistic expectations placed on children and the pain of coming of age. Its about small lies and dark secrets. But above all its about a beautiful desolate complex place.
