The River by Tricia Wastvedt

The River by Tricia Wastvedt

The Orange Prize long listed debut novel by the author of The German Boy In 1958, in a small Devon village, on an idyllic summer afternoon, two children are drowned. Their parents, Isabel and Robert, are overcome with grief but, as time passes, their tragedy becomes part of the everyday fabric of village life. One summer's day, thirty years later, Anna arrives. She comes to the village on a whim, hoping to start afresh - and, without telling anyone she is pregnant, goes to live with Isabel. For a time the women find solace in each other's company, but the baby's arrival causes powerful feelings of loss and heartbreak to surface, and Anna must question whether Isabel's feelings towards her child are entirely benign . . .

A quite remarkable first novel - strongly atmospheric, memorable characters, and a compelling structureI was both moved and impressed - it really is a remarkable achievement -- Penelope Lively
A finale that du Maurier herself would have been proud of, so terrible are the events * Daily Mail *

Born in 1954, Patricia Wastvedt grew up in Blackheath, south London, and spent her summers in Kent. She has a degree in Creative Arts and an MA in Creative Writing, and her first novel, The River, written in her late forties, was long-listed for the Orange Prize. Her second novel, The German Boy, is available in Penguin. She teaches at Bath Spa University, and is also a manuscript editor. She lives and writes in a cottage in Somerset.

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ISBN 13	9780241963920
ISBN 10	0241963923
Titel	The River
Autor	Tricia Wastvedt
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Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	Penguin Books Ltd
Erscheinungsjahr	2012-11-01
Seitenanzahl	352
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