Nights in the Asylum by Carol Lefevre
Miri’s daughter is dead and her husband has been unfaithful to her. Lost in her grief, she flees to her Cuban grandmother’s old house in a town where outsiders and any hint of eccentricity are viewed with suspicion. Miri is not the only one running away, however. Zett Moran, their baby daughter in tow, is running from her husband, while Aziz, an illegal Afghan immigrant, is on the run from the authorities; when their paths cross, Miri grants them refuge, but the three adults move uneasily around each other in the hot, confined spaces of the house. They have reasons to be wary, but it’s impossible to live under one roof and remain completely isolated, and Miri soon finds herself caught up in events and relationships beyond her control: she’s searching for some kind of equilibrium, but every action has a consequence, and the townspeople’s reactions to Miri’s charity are not necessarily all positive, predictable – or balanced. Written in spare, taut prose, Nights in the Asylum is Miri’s story; it is also a story of home, of belonging, of leaving one home and trying to make another, where-ever and how-ever you can.
Carol Lefevre has worked as a painter in a pottery, a barmaid, a nanny, and a writer for glossy lifestyle magazines; she's also had a music career in Australia, worked in television in New Zealand, and played keyboards and sung in folk-rock bands on the Isle of Man. She's published non-fiction -- including a piece on adoption in Family Wanted (Granta, 2005) -- and short stories, and now combines freelance writing and photography with doctoral studies. She divides her time between the Isle of Man and Australia. Nights in the Asylum is her first novel; she's currently working on a second.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780330448895 |
| ISBN 10 | 0330448897 |
| Title | Nights in the Asylum |
| Author | Carol Lefevre |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Pan Macmillan |
| Year published | 2007-05-18 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
| Prizes | Short-listed for Commonwealth Writers' Prize Best First Book - SE Asia and South Pacific 2008 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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