| A Way from Home Contributor(s): Clark, Nancy (Author) |
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ISBN: 1400078717 ISBN-13: 9781400078714 Publisher: Anchor Books OUR PRICE: $13.46 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2006 Annotation: It is 1992, and the Lowe family is living in a centuries-old castle in Prague. Alden Lowe works at the Czech Ministry of Finance and his wife Becky advises women entrepreneurs. With their daugher Julie, they appear a fortunate American family, but after twenty years with Alden, Becky shocks the family by fleeing to Libya, where she intends to reunite with a man who has loved her since before her marriage. In its tale of Americans living abroad and the social reconfigurations that ensue, the captivating "A Way" "from Home" is reminiscent of the novels of Edith Wharton and Henry James--with a delicious satiric tang all its own. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.77" H x 5.26" W x 8.14" (0.60 lbs) 368 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1990's - Cultural Region - Eastern Europe - Topical - Family |
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| Publisher Description: It is 1992, and the Lowe family is living in a centuries-old castle in Prague. Alden Lowe works at the Czech Ministry of Finance and his wife Becky advises women entrepreneurs. With their daugher Julie, they appear a fortunate American family, but after twenty years with Alden, Becky shocks the family by fleeing to Libya, where she intends to reunite with a man who has loved her since before her marriage. In its tale of Americans living abroad and the social reconfigurations that ensue, the captivating A Way from Home is reminiscent of the novels of Edith Wharton and Henry James--with a delicious satiric tang all its own. |