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Informationen zum Autor LILY KING  is the New York Times bestselling author of six novels, including Euphoria , Writers & Lovers , and Heart the Lover , as well as the story collection Five Tuesdays in Winter . Her work has won numerous prizes and awards, including the Kirkus Prize, the New England Book Award for Fiction, the Maine Book Award for Fiction, and a Whiting Award. Her books have been translated into twenty-eight languages. She lives in Portland, Maine. Klappentext When Vida Belou suddenly marries a kindly widower and moves in to become stepmother to his three children, the prescribed life she had constructed for herself and son collapses. As her known world vanishes, her son takes control and moves them both to a place where they can begin again. Zusammenfassung Fifteen years ago, Vida Avery arrived alone and pregnant at Fayer Academy. By living on campus, on an island off the New England coast, Vida has cocooned herself and her now teenage son, Peter, from the outside world and from an inside secret. This is a tale of a mother and son's vital bond.

Product details

• Authors: Lily King, King Lily
• Publisher: Atlantic monthly press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.06.2006
• EAN: 9780802142665
• ISBN: 978-0-8021-4266-5
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 210 mm x 18 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Boston, Massachusetts, Fiction: general & literary, Narrative theme: Coming of age, Narrative theme: Love & relationships, Relating to adulthood, Mother and son;marriage;adolescence;high school, Vida Avery;Tom;Kristina;Peter;Stuart, Fayer Academy