Disquiet / Julia Leigh

By:

Leigh, Julia [author]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: New York : Penguin Books, 2008Description: 120 pagesContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780143113508

Subject(s):

Genre/Form:

Domestic fiction

DDC classification:

823.92

Summary: Olivia arrives at her mother's chateau in rural France (the first time in more than a decade) with her two young children in tow. Soon the family is joined by Olivia's brother Marcus and his wife Sophie but this reunion is far from joyful. After years of desperately wanting a baby, Sophie has just given birth to a stillborn child, and she is struggling to overcome her devastation. Meanwhile, Olivia wrestles with her own secrets about the cruel and violent man she married many years before. Exquisitely written and reminiscent of Ian McEwan and J.M. Coetzee, Disquiet is a darkly beautiful and atmospheric story that will linger in the mind long after the final page is turned.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Barcode
Book	Main Library Reference Section	Women’s Collection	WC 823.92 L528d 2008 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	132519d

Olivia arrives at her mother's chateau in rural France (the first time in more than a decade) with her two young children in tow. Soon the family is joined by Olivia's brother Marcus and his wife Sophie but this reunion is far from joyful. After years of desperately wanting a baby, Sophie has just given birth to a stillborn child, and she is struggling to overcome her devastation. Meanwhile, Olivia wrestles with her own secrets about the cruel and violent man she married many years before. Exquisitely written and reminiscent of Ian McEwan and J.M. Coetzee, Disquiet is a darkly beautiful and atmospheric story that will linger in the mind long after the final page is turned.

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