It was the last days of innocence; the last days before a place called Pearl Harbor ushered in the horrors of war. Addie Watson was living the American dream in the small town of Millersburg, Iowa. Known for her sometimes bizarre and destructive inventions, Addie was warned, repeatedly, that she was
The Last Days of Summer
β Scribed by Ronan, Vanessa
- Book ID
- 109240507
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Year
- 2016
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 445 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780241974964
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β¦ Synopsis
'Opens Vanessa Ronan's literary career the way dynamite opens a safe ... beautiful and invigoratingly shocking' Joseph O'Connor, Irish Times
'Vivid storytelling. ... makes your fingers tremble when you turn the pages. The terror and the pity of it will stay with you for a long time.' Sunday Times
'Shades of In Cold Blood and Truman Capote, shades of Harper Lee ... it's very tense and there's constant mystery hovering over every turn of the page.' Ryan Tubridy, RTΓ Radio One
'Phenomenally atmospheric ... beautifully written and very very gripping' Marian Keyes
'A powerful, formidable debut. Vanessa is a natural storyteller and what a gripping, dark, compelling story this is.' Donal Ryan
'Beautifully crafted and dark family drama - 4 STARS' Heat
'Written with poetry and vision. With a blistering ending that leaves you racing to its conclusion ... an...
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