Strange Fits of Passion
A young and successful journalist working in New York, Maureen English appears to have the perfect life and family. But Maureen’s husband, a highly respected fellow reporter, has in private a tendency towards alcohol and violent abuse. When the situation at home becomes unbearable, Maureen takes her baby daughter and flees.In a Maine fishing town she assumes a new identity and spends six weeks battling sub-zero temperatures, intrusive townsfolk and fear of discovery.
Against the force of the wintry sea – the cawing of the gulls, the lobstermen hauling their catch, the press of waves against the rocks – Maureen settles into the rhythms of a new life. But this calming respite is about to come crashing to an end …
Reviews
‘Superbly rendered… touching and troubling… a subtle and searing book’ Cosmopolitan
‘Anita Shreve’s chilling, highly plausible novel moved me to tears’ Val Hennessy, Daily Mail
Gul, April 5, 2011:
Hello Iv have been looking for this book in Sydney Australia for a very very long time and i cant seem to find it anywhere. On my holiday i went to New Zealand and found this book book at a second hand store, and misplaced it on my return back to Australia. I would like to know where i can find this book to read as it is the only one i havent read. Kindly Gul
admin, April 5, 2011:
Hi Gul – Have you tried Abebooks Australia/NZ? http://www.abebooks.com/books/ANZ/