Rowing in Eden - A Novel

Pynch Lake is quiet nine months of the year but bursts into life each summer when the vacationers arrive. In the summer of 1965, year-round residents Harold and Peg Wahl find the world that once belonged to them is now being taken over by their older daughters, returned from college for the summer. Cool and self-possessed Rosamund is receiving the attention of the family friend who formerly courted Peg. Martie is filling the house with parties and houseguests of her own. No one in the family is paying much attention to the precocious thirteen-year-old Franny, who sets out to find a life of her own and, in the process, turns the Wahl family upside down. In rich and lyrical language, Elizabeth Evans, author of the critically acclaimed novels Carter Clay and The Blue Hour, has created both a profound meditation and a haunting story about the promises and betrayals of love. And in Franny Wahl, Evans has created one of the most memorable and endearing characters in recent fiction.

Product details

• Authors: Elizabeth Evans
• Publisher: Harper Perennial USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.09.2001
• EAN: 9780060954703
• ISBN: 978-0-06-095470-3
• No. of pages: 352
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 203 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Science fiction, fantasy; Fantasy, Short Stories, Historical fantasy, Hard Science Fiction, United States of America, USA, Anthologies: general, Fiction: general and literary, FICTION: Women, FICTION: Family Life / General, FICTION: General, FICTION: Science Fiction / General, FICTION: Family Life / Siblings, FICTION: Fantasy / Paranormal, FICTION: Science Fiction / Hard Science Fiction, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: American / General, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: Women Authors, FICTION: Fantasy / Historical