**A stunning debut novel about love, memory, and an act of violence that reverberates through one family for decades** Ann and Wade have carved out a life for themselves from a rugged terrain in northern Idaho, where they are bound together by more than love. Wade's past is the center of Ann'
The Empress of Idaho
โ Scribed by Todd Babiak
- Publisher
- McClelland & Stewart;Cela
- Year
- 2019
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 170 KB
- Category
- Fiction
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โฆ Synopsis
Bestselling and award-winning author Todd Babiak returns with an immersive and affecting story about a teenager's fascination with an enigmatic new woman in town whose past is catching up with her.
Summer 1989. Fourteen-year-old Adam Lisinski has a lot going for him in Monument, Colorado. He's hoping to be a starter on his high school football team, even though he's only a sophomore. He has a part-time job at Eugene's Gas Stop where he works with his best friend, Simon Kinoro. He'd like to see his girlfriend, Phoebe Brandt, more if he could, but he makes do with time alone at Monument Lake after her ballet lessons. He and his mother, Helen, have a close relationship, but Adam knows she worries.
And then Beatrice Cyr comes to town. From the second she steps out of his neighbour Marv Walker's truck, Adam is mesmerized. He neglects everything that matters to him and he's desperate to be around her, even if he's confused about what she wants or where she comes from. He...
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