Name: the vanishing act of esme lennox
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Author: Maggie O'Farrell
ISBN: 9780156033671

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Type

Physical Book

Author

Maggie O'Farrell

Publisher

Mariner Books

Language

English

Pages

256

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

20.2 x 13.8 x 1.7 cm

Weight

0.25 kg.

ISBN

0156033674

ISBN13

9780156033671

Synopsis "the vanishing act of esme lennox"

From the New York Times best-selling author of Hamnet and The Marriage Portrait comes a gothic, intricate tale of family secrets, lost lives, and the freedom brought by truth."I found this actually unputdownable . . . Reminiscent of classic writers like Rebecca West and Daphne du Maurier."--Ali Smith, author of AutumnIn the middle of tending to the everyday business at her vintage-clothing shop and sidestepping her married boyfriend's attempts at commitment, Iris Lockhart receives a stunning phone call: Her great-aunt Esme, whom she never knew existed, is being released from Cauldstone Hospital--where she has been locked away for more than sixty-one years. Iris's grandmother Kitty always claimed to be an only child. But Esme's papers prove she is Kitty's sister, and Iris can see the shadow of her dead father in Esme's face. Esme has been labeled harmless--sane enough to coexist with the rest of the world. But she's still basically a stranger, a family member never mentioned by the family, and one who is sure to bring life-altering secrets with her when she leaves the ward. If Iris takes her in, what dangerous truths might she inherit? "Think Kate Chopin's The Awakening, Charlotte Gilman's 'The Yellow Wallpaper' or Jean Rhys's Wide Sargasso Sea . . . It's a breathtaking, heart-breaking creation."--The Washington Post Book World

Maggie O'Farrell

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(Coleraine, Irlanda del Norte, 1972). Periodista y escritora irlandesa. Ha trabajado como periodista en Hong Kong y también como redactora literaria en The Independent. Entre sus numerosas novelas, se encuentra The Distance Between Us (2004), ganadora del premio Somerset Maugham; La primera mano que sostuvo la mía, ganadora del premio Costa de novela y el Bestseller internacional Hamnet, galardonada con el Women’s Prize for Fiction y el National Book Critics Circle Award.

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