***In this compelling, heartwarming novel from* New York Times *bestselling author Marie Bostwick, one woman finds new purpose in a new phase of life . . .*** "Whatever comes your way, find the happiness in it." Hope Carpenter received that advice from her mother decades ago. Now, with their
The One Inside
โ Scribed by Shepard, Sam
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group;Alfred A. Knopf
- Year
- 2017
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 102 KB
- Edition
- First edition
- Category
- Fiction
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โฆ Synopsis
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer: his first work of long fiction --a novel of memory, mystery, death, and life, following a man from the landscapes of California to the deserts of Santa Fe to a film set in Oklahoma, from childhood to the present, encountering the people, the moments of art and violence, that have shaped him.
The One Inside is a searing, extraordinarily evocative narrative in which an actor/writer explores and revisits key moments and people from his life--all the while attempting to negotiate with a young woman who threatens to publish recordings of their darkly revealing phone conversations. In his dreams and in visions he sees his late father, sometimes in miniature, sometimes flying planes, sometimes at war. In his childhood memories he sees his father's young girlfriend, with whom the narrator also became involved, setting into motion a tragedy that continues to haunt him. His complex interiority is filtered through beautiful...
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