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Instructions for a Heatwave
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"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.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
336
Release Date:
2014-05-06
Publication Date:
2014-05-06
Publisher:
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Languages:
Original:
English
ISBN10:
0345804716
ISBN13:
9780345804716
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
Weight:
278 g
Height:
129 cm
Width:
202 cm
Thickness:
19 cm
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