Isola: Reese's Book Club - A Novel

REESE’S BOOK CLUB PICK • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • “A shocking story, made all the more stunning by the fact that it has its roots in true history.”--Jodi Picoult, author of “A new generation of survival story . . . an extraordinary book that reads like a thriller, written with the care of the most delicate psychological and historical fiction.”-- A young woman and her lover are marooned on an island in this “lushly painted” ( LONGLISTED FOR THE AMERICAN LIBRARY IN PARIS BOOK AWARD Heir to a fortune, Marguerite is destined for a life of prosperity and gentility. Then she is orphaned, and her guardian--an enigmatic and volatile man--spends her inheritance and insists she accompany him on an expedition to New France. That journey takes a unexpected turn when Marguerite, accused of betrayal, is brutally punished and abandoned on a small island. Once a child of privilege who dressed in gowns and laced pearls in her hair, Marguerite finds herself at the mercy of nature. As the weather turns, blanketing the island in ice, she discovers a faith she’d never before needed. Inspired by the real life of a sixteenth-century heroine,

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Allegra Goodman is the author of six novels, including the national bestseller Sam, which was a Read with Jenna selection; two short story collections; and a novel for young readers. Her fiction has appeared in The New Yorker and elsewhere, and has been anthologized in The O. Henry Awards and Best American Short Stories. She lives with her family in Cambridge, Massachusetts

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Allegra Goodman, Goodman Allegra
• Verlag: Dial Books
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erscheint: 02.12.2025
• EAN: 9780593730102
• ISBN: 978-0-593-73010-2
• Seiten: 384
• Abmessung: 131 mm x 202 mm x 19 mm
• Themen: Belletristik > Erzählende Literatur; FICTION / Women, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Historical fiction, FICTION / Literary, European History, FICTION / Historical / Renaissance, Contemporary lifestyle fiction, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, European history: Renaissance, Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general