Ordinary Monsters
1st Edition
Published on 5. December 2008
288 pages
978-1-59691-867-2 (ISBN)
Description
Nestled in a hidden valley, Lágrimas is the last stop for a host of eccentric and questionable souls. When Joyce arrives looking for her son on a tip from a hitchhiker who claims to have seen him there, she settles in a bit too quickly for the locals' comfort. Much to her crushing disappointment, the boy she's been led to is not her son, but an emotionally battered teenager who communicates solely through lines from The Tempest. The locals, suspicious of Joyce's intent, believe that she has brought with her the forces of the Owl, a devastating storm that threatens to demolish Lágrimas once every decade.
Like a storm, the histories of Joyce and all of Lágrimas' inhabitants come raining down over the course of this riveting novel. Emotionally wrought and ultimately redeeming, Ordinary Monsters is a remarkable story about the sorrow of loss and the gift of healing.
Like a storm, the histories of Joyce and all of Lágrimas' inhabitants come raining down over the course of this riveting novel. Emotionally wrought and ultimately redeeming, Ordinary Monsters is a remarkable story about the sorrow of loss and the gift of healing.
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
ISBN-13
978-1-59691-867-2 (9781596918672)
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06/2002
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Person
Karen Novak is the author of Five Mile House. She lives in Ohio.
Content
- Cover
- Title Page
- Table of Contents
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- I. Inadequate Magic
- Chapter One
- Entr'acte: Joyce
- Chapter Two
- Chapter Three
- Chapter Four
- Chapter Five
- Chapter Six
- Chapter Seven
- Chapter Eight
- Chapter Nine
- Entr'acte: Abby
- II. Strix
- Chapter One
- Chapter Two
- Chapter Three
- III. Unmasking
- Chapter One
- Chapter Two
- Entr'acte: Duncan
- IV. Ordinary Monsters
- Chapter One
- Chapter Two
- Chapter Three
- Afterpiece: Jake
- A NOTE ON THE AUTHOR
- A NOTE ON THE TYPE
- eCopyright
