Eden Close
by Anita Shreve | Literature & Fiction | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 0349105871 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 0349105871 Global Overview for this book
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Andrew, an advertising executive in his mid-30s, returns to his hometown in upstate New York for his mother's funeral. He does not intend to stay in the slow rural backwater he left seventeen years before. But the dreams and memories persist and in the darkened farmhouse he relives that hot, bloody night when Eden Close was blinded - by the same gun that killed her father.
The enigmatic Eden had been Andrew's childhood companion. Together the two roamed summer cornfields, smoked their first forbidden cigarettes, skated, fished and fought until the tomboy turned temptress - then their friendship ended. Now, despite warnings, Andrew is drawn again to this lost, blind girl of his youth, drawn to save her from the cruel neglect she has endured for seventeen sightless years without him. But first he must discover the grisly truth about that night...
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Andrew, an advertising executive in his mid-30s, returns to his hometown in upstate New York for his mother's funeral. He does not intend to stay in the slow rural backwater he left seventeen years before. But the dreams and memories persist and in the darkened farmhouse he relives that hot, bloody night when Eden Close was blinded - by the same gun that killed her father.
The enigmatic Eden had been Andrew's childhood companion. Together the two roamed summer cornfields, smoked their first forbidden cigarettes, skated, fished and fought until the tomboy turned temptress - then their friendship ended. Now, despite warnings, Andrew is drawn again to this lost, blind girl of his youth, drawn to save her from the cruel neglect she has endured for seventeen sightless years without him. But first he must discover the grisly truth about that night...
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Mailed to erpax. Thanks for helping me cleaning my bookshelf. :)
Happy reading!
Happy reading!
Aika rankka ja dramaattinen tarina. Tässäkin kirjassa liikuttiin monessa aikatasossa ja menneisyys avautui lukijalle vähitellen. Tämä oli enimmäkseen koukuttavaa, mutta paikoin tarinaa pitkitettiin mielestäni turhaan. Lyhyen ajan sisällä tämä on jo toinen lukemani Shreven kirja. Shreve on hyvä tarinankertoja, mutta huomasin taas miettiväni, että kerronta on jotenkin vähän liiankin tunteellista omaan lukumakuuni.
Kiitos, miuskis!
Kiitos, miuskis!
Journal Entry 5 by erpax at MimiBo Cafe in Tampere, Pirkanmaa / Birkaland Finland on Wednesday, August 20, 2014
Released 9 yrs ago (8/20/2014 UTC) at MimiBo Cafe in Tampere, Pirkanmaa / Birkaland Finland
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
Kirja oli MimiBo Cafe -miitissä tarjolla. Miittailijoita oli kyllä monta, mutta kirjoja vasta monta olikin. Voi olla, että tämä kirja jäikin kahvilan tiloihin uusia lukijoita etsimään.
KIRJAN LÖYTÄJÄLLEKiitos, että otit tämän kirjan mukaasi! Ilahdutathan kirjan aiempia lukijoita tekemällä tähän merkinnän, jossa kerrot kirjan löytymisestä. |
Lukuiloa!
Minähän tämän siivoilin laukkuuni. Kiitos! :)
Journal Entry 7 by -Kata- at VBB, A Bookcrossing member -- Controlled Releases on Sunday, December 7, 2014
Released 9 yrs ago (12/8/2014 UTC) at VBB, A Bookcrossing member -- Controlled Releases
CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:
This book travels as part of the First Sentence VBB. Enjoy! :)
The book is here. Thank you -Kata- !
Best wishes to everybody, although today is a sad day in France.
Best wishes to everybody, although today is a sad day in France.
I don't know why I waited for so long to read this excellent book.
My January offer in : "One book a month offered 2017 " RABCK forum.
Entering :
- camperfan
- gunmarga
- alexiapapa
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Entering :
- camperfan
- gunmarga
- alexiapapa
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On its way to camperfan. Enjoy !
A very bleak and sad story.
Journal Entry 14 by Camperfan at OBCZ Kulturhus in Ruurlo, Gelderland Netherlands on Sunday, February 26, 2017
recieved.