An edition of The Outcast (1998)

The outcast

Large print ed.
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An edition of The Outcast (1998)

The outcast

Large print ed.
  • 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
Windsor
Language
English
Pages
350

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2008, Windsor
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Edition Notes

Originally published: London: Chatto & Windus.

Costa First Novel Award 2008 Winner.

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Bath

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
823.92

The Physical Object

Pagination
350 pages (large print)
Number of pages
350

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL32131372M
Internet Archive
outcast0000jone_a5y5
ISBN 10
1405649178, 1405649186
ISBN 13
9781405649179, 9781405649186
OCLC/WorldCat
228197098

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