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Availability:In StockContributor:Sadie JonesSeries:P.S.Publish date:2009-04-14Pages:368
Language:EnglishPublisher:Harper PerennialISBN-13:9780061374043ISBN-10:61374040UPC:9780061374043Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Literary, Romance, ThrillersBook Topic:SuspenseSize:8.02 x 5.40 x 0.86 inchesWeight:0.5115Product ID:SCNG1QXSD8
Lewis Aldridge is just 10 years old when he loses his mother. Neglected by his distant father and new stepmother, he can't help but let the grief inside him grow. When he is 17, that pain explodes in an incendiary act of destruction. After serving two years in prison, Lewis returns to a family that does not know how to face him and a town that wishes he would have stayed away. On the outskirts of post-war London, Waterford seems the perfect hamlet. But beneath its polished surface fester cruelty and violence. Lewis is determined to redeem himself, but his efforts are stymied. His stepmother's attempt to make amends goes dangerously awry, and his relationship with his new boss's daughters reveals unimaginable secrets. In this brilliant debut Sadie Jones tells the story of a boy who refuses to accept the polite lies of a tightly knit community that rejects love in favor of appearances. Written with nail-biting suspense and cinematic pacing, The Outcast is an emotionally powerful evocation of post-war provincial English society, and a remarkably uplifting testament to the redemptive powers of love and understanding.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Harper PerennialISBN-13:9780061374043ISBN-10:61374040UPC:9780061374043Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Literary, Romance, ThrillersBook Topic:SuspenseSize:8.02 x 5.40 x 0.86 inchesWeight:0.5115Product ID:SCNG1QXSD8
Jones, Sadie: -

Sadie Jones is the author of five novels, including The Outcast, winner of the Costa First Novel Award in Great Britain and a finalist for the Orange Prize for Fiction and the Los Angeles TimesBook Prize/Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction; the enchanting, hard-hitting novel set on the island of Cyprus during the British occupation, Small Wars; her most successful, bestselling novel The Uninvited Guests, beloved of Ann Patchett and Jackie Winspear, among other; the romantic novel set in London's glamorous theatre world, Fallout; and most recently, the highly acclaimed, bestselling novel, The Snakes. Sadie Jones lives in London.

Publisher: Harper Perennial

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