The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox

From the New York Times best-selling author of Hamnet comes a gothic, intricate tale of family secrets, lost lives, and the freedom brought by truth...

In the middle of tending to the everyday business at her vintage-clothing shop and sidestepping her married boyfirend'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 61 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? Exposing the seedy past of Victorian asylums, the oppression of family secrets, and the way truth can change everything, The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox will haunt you long past its final page...

Über den Autor / die Autorin

MAGGIE O'FARRELL was born in Northern Ireland in 1972. Her novels include The Marriage Portrait, Hamnet (winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award), After You'd Gone, The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox, The Hand That First Held Mine, and Instructions for a Heatwave. She has also written a memoir, I Am, I Am, I Am: Seventeen Brushes with Death. She lives in Edinburgh.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Maggie O'Farrell
• Verlag: Houghton Mifflin Company
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 02.06.2008
• EAN: 9780156033671
• ISBN: 978-0-15-603367-1
• Seiten: 256
• Abmessung: 135 mm x 203 mm x 16 mm
• Gewicht: 222 g
• Themen: Belletristik > Erzählende Literatur; Thriller / suspense fiction, Fiction: general and literary, Historical crime and mysteries, Feminism and feminist theory, FICTION: Literary, FICTION: General, FICTION: Historical / General, DRAMA: American / General, DRAMA: Women Authors, LITERATURE: GENERAL FICTION, LITERATURE: HISTORICAL, FICTION: Feminist, Literature / General Fiction, Literature / Historical