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Автор: Christine Z.Mason
Год: 2014
Издание:
Книга по Требованию
Страниц: 448
ISBN: 9781611701678
A novel that explores the extremes of abandonment and passion and tracks the conflicts between individual desire and societal expectations. In 1980 during a vacation on an island off of Cape Cod, 16-year-old Kaia is drawn into a maelstrom of family secrets and dysfunction, and she turns to her older cousin, Mark, for companionship. Despite his misgivings, Mark is irresistibly attracted to Kaia, and when he arrives in Berkeley, where Kaia lives, the two are drawn into a profound but imprudent love. “The characters and their choices come alive as dynamic and complicated in this involving story about desire and the intricate secrets of families. The issues of Kaia’s finding herself, despite her father’s iron fist and Mark’s at times suffocating love, speak to the tricky navigations of the heart as well as the delicate balance of individuality and...
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