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Der Außenseiter

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An edition of The Outcast (1998)

Der Außenseiter

Roman

2. Auflage
  • 3 Want to read
  • 1 Currently reading

"It is 1957, and Lewis Aldridge, straight out of prison, is journeying back to his home in Waterford, a suburban town outside London. He is nineteen years old, and his return will have dramatic consequences not just for his family, but for the whole community." "A decade earlier, his father's homecoming has a very different effect. The war is over and Gilbert has been demobilized. He reverts easily to suburban life - cocktails at six-thirty, church on Sundays - but his wife and young son resist the stuffy routine. Lewis and his mother escape to the woods for picnics, just as they did in wartime days. Nobody is surprised that Gilbert's wife counters convention, but they are all shocked when, after one of their jaunts, Lewis comes back without her." "Not far away, Kit Carmichael keeps watch. She has always understood more than most, not least from what she is dealt by her own father's hand. Lewis's grief and burgeoning rage are all too plain, and Kit makes a private vow to help. But in her attempts to set them both free, she fails to foresee the painful and horrifying secrets that must first be forced into the open." "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 postwar provincial English society and a remarkably uplifting testament to the redemptive powers of love and understanding."--BOOK JACKET.

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Publisher
Schöffling & Co.
Language
German
Pages
410

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Cover of: Der Außenseiter
Der Außenseiter: Roman
2008, Schöffling & Co.
Hardcover in German - 2. Auflage
Cover of: The outcast
The outcast
2008, Windsor
in English - Large print ed.

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Copyright Date
2008; 2008
Translation Of
The Outcast
Translated From
English

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Format
Hardcover
Number of pages
410

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OL43953552M
ISBN 13
9783895613852

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