| Body Surfing Contributor(s): Shreve, Anita (Author) |
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ISBN: 0316067334 ISBN-13: 9780316067331 Publisher: Back Bay Books OUR PRICE: $20.89 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2008 Annotation: Always readable--sometimes compulsively so--Shreves novels are typically emotionally resonant, nicely paced, and populated by memorable characters ("People"). |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Romance - Contemporary - Fiction | Family Life - General - Fiction | Women |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2008271604 |
| Physical Information: 0.82" H x 5.56" W x 8.18" (0.63 lbs) 320 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: At the age of 29, Sydney has already been once divorced and once widowed. Trying to regain her footing once again, she has answered an ad to tutor the teenage daughter of a well-to-do couple as they spend a sultry summer in their oceanfront New Hampshire cottage. But when the Edwards' two grown sons, Ben and Jeff, arrive at the beach house, Sydney finds herself caught up in a destructive web of old tensions and bitter divisions. As the brothers vie for her affections, the fragile existence Sydney has rebuilt for herself is threatened. With the subtle wit, lyrical language, and brilliant insight into the human heart that has led her to be called "an author at one with her m tier (Miami Herald), Shreve weaves a novel about marriage, family, and the supreme courage that it takes to love. |