Gwendoline Riley
Opposed Positions
- ISBN 13:
- 9780099565192
- author:
- Gwendoline Riley
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Vintage
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2014
- Pages:
- 240
- Dimensions:
- 13 x 1.6 x 19.7 cm
- Genre:
- Fiction, Contemporary Fiction,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 4 working days
Description
At thirty, Aislinn Kelly's life is marked by isolation and restlessness. She has spent years evading her troubled past, but now finds herself in an attic room in Indianapolis, attempting to salvage what's left of herself. As the summer heats up, memories of her family history come flooding back, revealing a botched and pitiful legacy that threatens to cancel her out. Aislinn's thoughts turn to those she has lost or abandoned: friends like Karl, Erwin, Bronagh, and Cathy, each with their own struggles and demons. There is also Jim Schmidt, the man she loves, who has been absent for five years. As Aislinn navigates her complicated web of relationships, she must confront the darker forces that drive us all - love, desire, and the human need to escape ourselves. This novel is a stark and unflinching portrayal of the human condition, one that moves towards a painful conclusion: an appreciation of what we've come from, and where we might be heading.
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