"This tale deserves a prominent place on sci-fi shelves."'SLJ '[This] high-action, science-fiction thriller starts with a bang and never slows for a beat. '[P]lot twists, flashbacks, and alternate timelines keep the story full of surprises. A wild, fast-paced ride full of unexpected turns.' 'Kirkus
Afterimage
β Scribed by Humphreys, Helen
- Book ID
- 107253425
- Publisher
- Picador
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 537 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781443401364
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
Inspired by the photographs of Julia Margaret Cameron, Afterimage is a provocative, passionate, yet delicate Victorian novel. When the young Irish maid Annie Phelan arrives at the country home of Isobelle and Eldon Dashell, she is swept into a world of artistic ambitions and hidden passions. But she also discovers a marriage that has grown distant and two people who see her as a blank slate upon which to project their own desires and failed dreams. Jealousy, longing and sensuality intertwine in this mesmerizing novel of aesthetic obsession and unfulfilled dreams.
π SIMILAR VOLUMES
Inspired by the photographs of Julia Margaret Cameron, *Afterimage* is a provocative, passionate, yet delicate Victorian novel. When the young Irish maid Annie Phelan arrives at the country home of Isobelle and Eldon Dashell, she is swept into a world of artistic ambitions and hidden passions. But s
Seeing beyond Winstonβs disfiguring scars and foreseeing a future with him, Lise falls in love and the couple soon marry. Years later, having inherited Liseβs gift, two of their children, Theresa and Jerome, must struggle to find their place within the community. But for Leo, their middle child, tha