All He Ever Wanted by Anita Shreve - ISBN: 9780349115580
Paperback
Obsession, betrayal, and redemption: one chance encounter changes everything.

All He Ever Wanted

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  • Paperback

    336 pages

  • Release Date

    4 January 2004

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Summary

A man escaping from a hotel fire sees a woman standing beneath a tree. He approaches her and sets in motion a series of events that will change his life forever. Years later, traveling from New England to Florida by train, he reflects back on his obsession with this unknown and ultimately unknowable woman - his courtship of her, his marriage to her, and the unforgivable act that ripped their family apart.

Spanning three decades from 1899 to 1933, All He Ever Wanted gives us a…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780349115580
ISBN-10:0349115583
Author:Anita Shreve
Publisher:Little, Brown Book Group
Imprint:Abacus
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:336
Edition:New edition
Release Date:4 January 2004
Weight:269g
Dimensions:198mm x 130mm x 24mm
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Critics Review

*‘A painful tale of obsession … impeccably done - SUNDAY TIMES

Shreve is prolific, polished, unputdownable. Above all, she delivers serious topics with a readable touch - GUARDIAN

Fluent and purposeful in its portrayal of the despair and claustrophobia seething beneath an ordered surface - SUNDAY TIMES

Etna is a woman operating under rigorous and agonising self-discipline. Volcanic passions exist beneath her submissive fa?ade - JOANNE HARRIS

About The Author

Anita Shreve

Anita Shreve is the author of nine other critically acclaimed and bestselling novels, all published in Abacus paperback.

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