Journal Entry 1 by jeniwren from Greigs Flat, New South Wales Australia on Sunday, May 23, 2010

Full description for Martin Sloane
In 1984, Jolene Iolas, a student in upstate New York, encounters Martin Sloane's work while visiting a Toronto gallery. She strikes up a correspondence with the older artist, and eventually they become lovers. And then, without warning, without a word, he vanishes. There is no hint of his fate, no chain of cause and effect to be followed. Over the following months, Jolene sheds her life, losing everything, including her oldest friend, Molly, to her grief. Ten years pass, and Jolene begins to live with Martin's disappearance. But then the opportunity to confront her ghost arises. Word comes from, of all people, Molly, that someone named Sloane has been exhibiting in Irish galleries. Jolene travels to Dublin, where she is reluctantly reunited with her old friend. Together, the two women become lost in a jumble of pasts as they try to piece together what happened to Martin Sloane. Seamlessly crafted and beautifully written, Martin Sloane evokes the mysteries of love and art, the weight of history, and what it means to bear memory for the missing and the dead.

Enjoyable read and an impressive debut novel.  

Journal Entry 2 by jeniwren at Balingup, Western Australia Australia on Friday, August 27, 2010

Released 1 yr ago (8/27/2010 UTC) at Balingup, Western Australia Australia

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Sending along to fill up a parcel that is on its way to crimson-tide It remains difficult to check if a particular member has a book on their bookshelf so taking a punt that this is a title you have not previously read.  

Journal Entry 3 by crimson-tide at Balingup, Western Australia Australia on Monday, September 06, 2010

I just love these hitchhikers! :-) Thanks very much for this one, jeniwren. No, I haven't read it or have it on my bookshelf as yet, so your punt paid off. It looks interesting.