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'A quietly devastating masterpiece'. MARIAN KEYES 'Adam is a master storyteller.' SARA COLLINS ' Love Forms achieves a sort of alchemy.' FINANCIAL TIMES 'Reads like a Claire Keegan short story expanded by Elizabeth Strout.' THE TIMES In the heart-aching new novel from the author of the award-winning Golden Child , a mother searches for the daughter she left behind a lifetime ago. Trinidad, 1980: Dawn Bishop, aged 16, leaves her home and journeys across the sea to Venezuela. There, she gives birth to a baby girl, and leaves her with nuns to be given up for adoption. Dawn tries to carry on with her life - a move to England, a marriage, a career, two sons, a divorce - but through it all, she still thinks of the child she had in Venezuela, and of what might have been. Then, forty years later, a woman from an internet forum gets in touch. She says that she might be Dawn's long-lost daughter, stirring up a complicated mix of feelings: could this be the person to give form to all the love and care a mother has left to offer? 'From the very first page, I knew I was in the hands of a master storyteller. An utterly arresting tale of love and grief, of the wounding and healing powers of family, of the many guises of a mother's love. It's an absolute triumph.' SARA COLLINS 'Exquisitely written. A compelling and tender story of what - and who - is hidden in almost every family that feels as old as the hills and yet acutely contemporary.' MONIQUE ROFFEY 'An arresting voice that made me think of silk: its delicate beauty belies its intrinsic strength.' CLAIRE KILROY 'A compelling read taking us to the heart of difficult family situations and evocative secret places.' ROMESH GUNESEKERA
| EAN: | 9780571339556 |
| Farbverschnitt: | Generell werden die Bücher ohne Farbverschnitt geliefert, auch wenn die Abbildungen einen Farbverschnitt zeigen. |
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 19.06.2025 |
| Autoren: | Adam, Claire |
| Seitenzahl/Blattzahl: | 304 |
| Themenüberschrift: | FICTION / Literary |
| Keyword: | Golden Child; Anne Enright; Louise Kennedy Trespasses; The Distance Between Us, Maggie O'Farrell; River East River West; Soldier Sailor; Claire Chambers; David Nicholls You Are Here; Ripeness Sarah Moss; Colm Toibin Long Island; The Unwildling Marina Kemp; Hello Beautiful Anne Napolitano |
| Fachschema: | Englische Belletristik / Roman, Erzählung~Englische Bücher / Belletristik / Roman, Erzählung |
| Fachkategorie: | Familienleben |
| Länge: | 211 mm |