The View from Here: A Novel
Author(s): Deborah McKinlay
Summer 1976, Frances is scraping by teaching English in Mexico when she encounters a group of glamourous Americans, the Severance family, and embarks on an illicit romance destined to end in betrayal and tragedy. Two decades later in rural England, Frances encounters her own betrayal, when she discovers a love letter addressed to her husband. Simultaneously, she faces a life threatening illness which forces her to confront her own past deception and to relive the haunting memories of her heady desert encounter.
General Information
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- : Soho Press Inc
- : Soho Press Inc
- : 0.286
- : 22 March 2012
- : United States
- : books
Other Specifications
- : Deborah McKinlay
- : Paperback
- : 266
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Praise for "The View from Here"
"This novel packs a wallop."--"Free-Lance Star
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"A debut novel that asks the question: Can an adult life well lived cancel early indiscretions?"--"Shelf Awareness
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""The View from Here" is an unexpected character study, an examination of people caught between the wiles of youth and the wisdom of age and of one woman who learns to accept the intrinsic value of both."--"Booklist"
Praise for Deborah McKinlay:
"Witty and incisive."--"Esquire "(UK)
"Irresistible."--"Daily Record" (Scotland)
"From the Hardcover edition."
