On the night of her thirteenth birthday, Jane Howard made a vow to
her warring parents - she would never get married and she would
never have children. But life, as Jane discovers, is a profoundly
random business. Many years and many lives later, she is a
professor in Boston, in love with a brilliant, erratic man named
Theo. And then she falls pregnant. Motherhood turns out to be a
great welcome surprise - but when a devastating turn of events
tears her existence apart she has no choice but to flee all she
knows and leave the world. Just when Jane has renounced life
itself, the disappearance of a young girl pulls her back from the
edge and into an obsessive search for personal redemption.
Convinced that she knows more about the case than the police do,
she is forced to make a decision - stay hidden or bring to light a
shattering truth. Like Kennedy's previous highly acclaimed novels,
Leaving the World, speaks volumes about the dilemmas we face in
trying to navigate our way through all that fate throws in our
path.
General
Imprint: |
Arrow Books Ltd
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
February 2010 |
First published: |
March 2010 |
Authors: |
Douglas Kennedy
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Dimensions: |
199 x 130 x 36mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
|
Pages: |
584 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-09-950968-4 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
|
LSN: |
0-09-950968-7 |
Barcode: |
9780099509684 |
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