Fugitive Wife

The year is 1900 in gold-prospecting Alaska. Essie, a Midwestern farm girl fleeing from a stormy marriage, joins up with prospectors bound for Nome, where the golden sands teem with dreamers, schemers, and high rollers. When Leonard, Essie's stubborn and volatile husband, travels north, astonishing scenes of pursuit, sacrifice, and crucial decision rise to a conclusion that is both surprising and inevitable. Powerfully evoking a past world and the variable territory of the heart, this novel establishes Peter C. Brown as a consummate storyteller. Reading group guide included.

A propos de l'auteur

Peter C. Brown's grandfather was a prospector, the engineer for a gold-mining company in Nome, Alaska. Brown is a retired business consultant, and he and his wife live in St. Paul, Minnesota.

Résumé

"All about passion, whether for ... romance or adventure, this sweeping debut renders poetically the dynamics of desire."-Kirkus Reviews

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Peter C Brown, Peter C. Brown
• Edition: W. W. Norton & Company
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 01.01.2007
• EAN: 9780393329759
• ISBN: 978-0-393-32975-9
• Pages: 430
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 210 mm x 25 mm
• Poids: 586 g
• Catégorie: Littérature > Littérature (récits)