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Description for Body Surfing
Paperback. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
At the age of twenty-nine, Sydney has already been once divorced and once widowed. Trying to find her footing again, she has answered an advertisement to tutor the teenage daughter of a well-to-do couple as they spend a sultry summer in their oceanfront New Hampshire cottage. But when the Edwards' two grown sons, Ben and Jeff, arrive at the beach house, Sydney finds herself caught up in a destructive web of old tensions and bitter divisions. As the brothers vie for her affections, the fragile existence Sydney has rebuilt is threatened. With the subtle wit, lyrical language, and brilliant ... Read more
At the age of twenty-nine, Sydney has already been once divorced and once widowed. Trying to find her footing again, she has answered an advertisement to tutor the teenage daughter of a well-to-do couple as they spend a sultry summer in their oceanfront New Hampshire cottage. But when the Edwards' two grown sons, Ben and Jeff, arrive at the beach house, Sydney finds herself caught up in a destructive web of old tensions and bitter divisions. As the brothers vie for her affections, the fragile existence Sydney has rebuilt is threatened. With the subtle wit, lyrical language, and brilliant ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Little, Brown
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780316730716
SKU
KOC0020129
Shipping Time
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Ref
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About Anita Shreve
Anita Shreve is the author of twelve critically acclaimed and bestselling novels, all published in Abacus paperback.
Reviews for Body Surfing
As usual, Shreve's powerful storytelling pulls you in like a rip tide MARIE CLAIRE Relationships in all their guises are Shreve's thing; she fascinated by what binds us together and flings us apart ... Like all Shreve's novels, BODY SURFING examines not only the creation but the breakdown of numerous relationships in their different GLAMOUR More heart-wrenching from the queen ... Read more