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Island by Jane Rogers (2001, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherHarperCollins
ISBN-100618139311
ISBN-139780618139316
eBay Product ID (ePID)1944845
Product Key Features
Book TitleIsland
Number of Pages256 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicPsychological, Family Life
Publication Year2001
IllustratorYes
FeaturesReprint
GenreFiction
AuthorJane Rogers
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.5 in
Item Weight10.4 Oz
Item Length8.2 in
Item Width5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2001-039524
Dewey Edition21
Dewey Decimal823/.914
Edition DescriptionReprint
Table Of Content1. Lies 1 2. Fir Apple 8 3. A Plan 12 4. The Pigeon 20 5. On Mothers 26 6. Falling 36 7. Calum's Treasure 46 8. Seals 59 9. Table Rock 72 10. A Daughter 86 11. A Sharp Knife 93 12. Bull Rock 103 13. Enthusiasts 115 14. Mother's Weak Spot 134 15. Ashplant 147 16. Dislocation 158 17. Salt 168 18. Birthday Cake 184 19. Tempest 190 20. Susan's Father 202 21. Seven Swans 208 22. Night Sky 223 23. Viking Bay 228
SynopsisFrom one of Britain's best-kept secrets, the novelist whom the Independent said "writes better than almost anyone of her generation," comes this brooding tale of the murderous ties that bind a mother and daughter. Abandoned at birth and shuttled among foster homes, Nikki Black decides at twenty-eight to seek out her birth mother, intent on killing her. Nikki's vengeance takes her to a remote island off the coast of Scotland, where both the beaches and the inhabitants are full of artifacts from the past that haunt the present. Here she discovers a witchlike mother who concocts remedies in her dank kitchen and a stuttering, monstrous brother whose seemingly simple mind is filled with stories of past islanders, crofters, and Vikings. Gradually her brother's dangerous love and strange way of seeing the world transform Nikki's life in ways that she -- and the reader -- could never expect. With her signature blend of psychological intensity and strong moral underpinnings, Jane Rogers skillfully leads us into a primal, almost mythic world where our darkest impulses and most profound fears are played out to shocking consequence. Part fairy tale, part murder mystery, ISLAND is, like the madness it depicts, terrifying, logical, and utterly consuming., Abandoned at birth and shuttled among foster homes, Nikki Black decides at 28 to seek out her birth mother, intent on killing her. Wroe's Virgins, is terrifying, logical, and utterly consuming.
LC Classification NumberPR6068.O346I8 2001
