The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox
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The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox by Maggie O'farrell
A significant departure for Maggie O`Farrell in terms of maturity and style, THE VANISHING ACT OF ESME LENNOX will be one of the unmissable publishing events of 2006. Set between the 1930s,and the present, Maggie O`Farrell`s new novel is the story of Esme, a woman edited out of her family`s history, and of the secrets that come to light when, sixty years later, she is released from care, and a young woman, Iris, discovers the great aunt she never knew she had. The mystery that unfolds is the heartbreaking tale of two sisters in colonial India and 1930s Edinburgh - of the loneliness that binds them together and the rivalries that drive them apart, and lead one of them to a shocking betrayal - but above all it is the story of Esme, a fiercely intelligent, unconventional young woman, and of the terrible price she is made to pay for her family`s unhappiness.
Maggie O'Farrell was born in Northern Ireland in 1972, and grew up in Wales and Scotland. She now lives in Edinburgh with her family Her debut novel, After You'd Gone, was published to international acclaim, and won a Betty Trask Award, while her third. The Distance Between Us, won the 2005 Somerset Maugham Award.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780755332229 |
| ISBN 10 | 0755332229 |
| Title | The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox |
| Author | Maggie O'farrell |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Headline Publishing Group |
| Year published | 2006-08-28 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
| Prizes | Winner of Good Housekeeping Book Awards: Best Book of the Year 2007 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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