'A masterpiece' Tatler 'A triumph' Guardian When Elise Morceau meets the writer Constance Holden, she quickly falls under her spell. Connie is sophisticated, bold and alluring - everything Elise feels she is not. She follows Connie to LA, but in this city of strange dreams and razzle-dazzle, Elise feels even more out of her depth and makes an impulsive decision that will change her life forever. Three decades later, Rose Simmons is trying to uncover the story of her mother, who disappeared when she was a baby. Having learned that the last person to see her was a now reclusive novelist, Rose finds herself at the door of Constance Holden's house in search of a confession . . . 'Without doubt one of the best novels of recent years' Elizabeth Day
Autor: | Burton, Jessie |
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ISBN: | 9781509886197 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Produktart: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Verlag: | Pan macmillan Ltd. |
Veröffentlicht: | 03.09.2020 |
Untertitel: | A Richard and Judy Book Club Pick |
Schlagworte: | California Central London Family Life / General Family life fiction LGBT / Lesbian Literary London, Greater London Los Angeles Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945) Modern and contemporary fiction Of specific Lesbian interest Relating to lesbians Women c 1980 to c 1989 |
Altersempfehlung: | 18 - 0 |
Jessie Burton is the author of the Sunday Times number one and New York Times bestsellers The Miniaturist and The Muse, as well as The Confession, The House of Fortune, and the children’s book The Restless Girls. In its year of publication The Miniaturist sold over a million copies, and in 2017 it was adapted into a major TV series for BBC One. Her novels have been translated into thirty-eight languages, and she is a regular essay writer for newspapers and magazines. She lives in London.