An unforgettable narrative--from the New York Times bestselling author of The Marriage Portrait and Hamnet--of a family falling apart and coming together with hard-won, life-changing truths about who they really are. "Strange weather brings out strange behavior." London, 1976. In the thick of a record-breaking heatwave, Gretta Riordan's newly retired husband has cleaned out his bank account and vanished. Now, for the first time in years, Gretta calls her children home: Michael Francis, a history teacher whose marriage is failing; Monica, whose blighted past has driven a wedge between her and her younger sister; and Aoife, the youngest, whose new life in Manhattan is elaborately arranged to conceal a devastating secret. In a story that stretches from the Upper West Side to a village on the coast of Ireland, Maggie O'Farrell explores the mysteries that inhere within families, and reveals the fault lines over which we build our lives.
Sobre o autor(a)
O'Farrell, Maggie
MAGGIE O’FARRELL nasceu na Irlanda do Norte em 1972, cresceu
no País de Gales e na Escócia e hoje vive em Londres. Já trabalhou como
garçonete, camareira, mensageira, professora e jornalista em Hong Kong e
em Londres. Publicou sete romances, aclamados pela crítica e que
venderam mais de dois milhões de exemplares apenas no Reino Unido.
Existo, existo, existo, seu livro de memórias autobiográficas, foi publicado
em mais de quinze países. |