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Young Marie, pregnant by a feckless sailor, manouevres the reliable Sam away from college and into wedlock. The result is a daughter, Pia, followed by her half-brother, Luke, and an unhappy marriage. Between the children, an intense and loving bond develops, a bond that as teenagers it leads them away from home and into dangerous waters.
Against a loveless backdrop, Pia and her half-brother Luke grow up to form a passionate bond that leads them away from home and into a wild, hand-to-mouth existence. In spare yet emotionally charged prose, Rosalyn Chissick charts a relationship that challenges society's boundaries and conventions. A shocking, poignant and poetic novel by a prize-winning writer.
Against a loveless backdrop, Pia and her half-brother Luke grow up to form a passionate bond that leads them away from home and into a wild, hand-to-mouth existence. In spare yet emotionally charged prose, Rosalyn Chissick charts a relationship that challenges society's boundaries and conventions. A shocking, poignant and poetic novel by a prize-winning writer.
340 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1999
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December 31, 2017
Disturbing yet very open book about dangerous relationships and road to self destruction.
The style is so minimalistic that sometimes only a few words are used to describe big and difficult scenes. But in this case somehow what's left unsaid is even more important than what's said.
Brilliant character building.
The style is so minimalistic that sometimes only a few words are used to describe big and difficult scenes. But in this case somehow what's left unsaid is even more important than what's said.
Brilliant character building.
August 30, 2011
Disturbing and experimental in the right ways, but thready on actual staying power.
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