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Zusatztext 68807149 Klappentext Best-selling author Bella Pollen's imaginative new novel received stellar reviews in hardcover and was chosen as a Richard & Judy Book Club title. In 1980 Germany, Cold War tensions are once again escalating and a mole is suspected in the British Embassy. So when the clever diplomat Nicky Fleming dies suddenly and suspiciously, it's convenient to brand him the traitor. But was his death an accident, murder, or suicide? As the government investigates Nicky's death, his wife relocates with their three children to a remote Scottish island hoping to save what remains of their family. But the isolated shores of her childhood retreat only intensify their distance between them, and it is the brilliant and peculiar youngest child, Jamie, who alone holds on to the one thing he's sure of: his father has promised to return and he was a man who never broke a promise. When Jamie sets off to explore the island with his teenage sisters, they discover a tamed grizzly bear has been marooned on shore, hiding somewhere among the seaside caves. Jamie believes the bear may have a strange connection to his father, and as he seeks the truth, Nicky's story begins revealing itself in unexpected ways. --"O Magazine "Summer Reading Pick--NPR "Books With Personality" (Nancy Pearl's 2011 Selection) "Affecting . . . Riveting . . . A thrilling tale that unravels mysteries of the human heart, "The Summer of the Bear" is spine-tingling."--"People" (4.5 stars) "There's magic at the margins of "The Summer of the Bear." . . . The novel has a bit of the style of Lemony Snicket and a smidgeon of" The Secret of Roan Inish." Pollen's writing is clean and clear enough that you can really smell the peat smoke and feel the wind."--"Los Angeles Times " "What's real and what's imagined is at the heart of this gem of a novel, which is one part fairy tale, one part international thriller, and all-parts engrossing family drama. . . . Pollen's lyrical and often witty prose makes this a stirring tale of loss and self-discovery."--"More" "Full of vivid detail . . . Pollen is an acute observer of people and places . . . a skilled dissector of the subtleties of sibling warfare."--"The Washington Post" "Pollen creates magic in "The Summer of the Bear.""--"Vanity Fair" "In the time it took me to finish the first two or three sentences, I was already hooked: the characters, their feelings and their behavior seemed entirely real and true to me. . . . The Outer Hebrides are so vividly described that I am obsessed with going there for a visit."--Nancy Pearl's 2011 Book Picks for NPR "A haunting, unsentimental look at estranged families and hidden secrets . . . Magically melancholy . . . Tender and wistful, Pollen doesn't shy away from harsh truths, but at the heart of her story there's an unquenchable belief in love and redemption."--"Marie Claire" (UK) "Pollen's vivid descriptions of nature have the power to transport even the most harried city-bound reader to a cool, secluded, distant island."--"O Magazine "(Summer Reading List) "[A] show-stealing, fantastic portrayal of under-parented children."--"Publishers Weekly" "Ga Zusammenfassung Best-selling author Bella Pollen’s imaginative new novel received stellar reviews in hardcover and was chosen as a Richard & Judy Book Club title. In 1980 Germany! Cold War tensions are once again escalating and a mole is suspected in the British Embassy. So when the clever diplomat Nicky Fleming dies suddenly and suspiciously! it’s convenient to brand him the traitor. But was his death an accident! murder! or suicide? As the government investigates Nicky's death! his wife relocates with their three children to a remote Scottish island hoping to save what remains of their family. But the isolated shores of her childhood retreat only intensify their distance between them! and it is the brilliant and peculiar youngest child! Jamie! who alo...
