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Block, S: The Storm at the Door

Block, S: The Storm at the Door Contemporary literature

Block, S: The Storm at the Door

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In 1963, Frederick Merrill finds himself admitted to mental hospital outside Boston. While he is forced to submit to the hospital's strict regime, his wife struggles to hold her family together and to heal from the wounds of her husband's affliction. Nearly fifty years later, a writer in his twenties attempts to comprehend a moment in his family's history that casts a long shadow over his life. STORM AT THE DOOR?blends memory and imagination, historical fact and compulsive storytelling, to explore how our love for each other and the stories we tell ourselves enable us to endure.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
352
Release Date:
2012-05-03
Publication Date:
2012-05-03
Publisher:
Faber And Faber Ltd.
Languages:
Published: English, Original: English
ISBN10:
0571269613
ISBN13:
9780571269617
Weight:
266 g
Height:
128 cm
Width:
206 cm
Thickness:
28 cm
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