A Ship Made of Paper

Zusatztext "A searching study of the chaotic side of love." Informationen zum Autor Scott Spencer is the author of twelve novels, including Endless Love , Waking the Dead , A Ship Made of Paper , and Willing . He has taught at Columbia University, the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, Williams College, the University of Virginia, and at Eastern Correctional Facility as part of the Bard Prison Initiative. He lives in upstate New York. Klappentext Daniel Emerson lives with Kate Ellis, and he is like a father to her daughter, Ruby. But he cannot control his desire for Iris Davenport, the African-American woman whose son is Ruby's best friend. During a freak October blizzard, Daniel is stranded at Iris's house, and they begin a sexual liaison that eventually imperils all their relationships, Daniel's profession, their children's well-being, their own race-blindness, and their view of themselves as essentially good people. Zusammenfassung Daniel Emerson lives with Kate Ellis! and he is like a father to her daughter! Ruby. But he cannot control his desire for Iris Davenport! the African-American woman whose son is Ruby's best friend. During a freak October blizzard! Daniel is stranded at Iris's house! and they begin a sexual liaison that eventually imperils all their relationships! Daniel's profession! their children's well-being! their own race-blindness! and their view of themselves as essentially good people.

Product details

• Authors: Scott Spencer
• Publisher: Ecco Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 17.02.2009
• EAN: 9780061367441
• ISBN: 978-0-06-136744-1
• No. of pages: 384
• Dimensions: 134 mm x 204 mm x 22 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION: Literary, FICTION: Women, FICTION: Family Life / General, FICTION: General, FICTION: Romance / Contemporary, DRAMA: Women Authors, FICTION: Family Life / Marriage & Divorce, FICTION: Small Town & Rural *, FICTION: Romance / New Adult, FICTION: City Life