Amity & Sorrow
$65.05
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
10 September 2013
Summary
AMITY & SORROW is a story about God, sex, and farming. In the wake of a suspicious fire, Amaranth gathers her children and flees from the cult where her children were born and raised. Now she is on the run with no one but her barely-teenage daughters, Amity and Sorrow, neither of whom have ever seen the outside world, to help her. After four days of driving without sleep, Amaranth crashes the car, leaving the family stranded at a gas station, unsure of what to do next. Rescue comes in the…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780755394388 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0755394380 |
| Author: | Peggy Riley |
| Publisher: | Headline Publishing Group |
| Imprint: | Tinder Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 10 September 2013 |
| Weight: | 238g |
| Dimensions: | 199mm x 135mm x 22mm |
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One of the most exciting books to be published this year
One of the most exciting books to be published this year - Good Housekeeping
[A] delicately stitched, finely patterned and poetic novel… packed with shock and hope - New York TimesA startlingly original, intelligent and beautiful first novel that I found riveting from page one. I can only wait with great anticipation for what comes next from Peggy Riley - Michael ConnellyA literary page-turner - Reader’s DigestOnce in a while a book comes along that can not only grip you but keep you thinking long after the last page. Enter Amity & Sorrow… a stunningly original contemporary classic [with] remarkable characterisation and intense plot. I urge you to read Riley’s novel - StylistA story about God, Sex and Farming, as two girls do a runner from a cult. It’s ace - HeatA debut that will haunt and inspire - ElleA taut debut, this will appeal to fans of Emma Donoghue’s Room - GraziaAbout The Author
Peggy Riley
Peggy Riley is a writer and playwright. She recently won a Highly Commended prize in the 2011 Bridport Prize and was published in their latest anthology. Her short fiction has been broadcast on BBC Radio and published in Mslexia Magazine and as an app on Ether Books. Her plays have been commissioned and produced off-West End, regionally, and on tour. She has been a festival producer, a bookseller, and writer-in-residence at a young offender prison. Originally from LA, Peggy now lives in Kent.
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