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 intolerable, 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, the intrusive
glare of the townsfolk - and her fears 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. Two married men pursue her,
and one captures her heart. But this calming respite ends suddenly,
leaving in its wake a murder, a rape charge, a suicide and a
helpless child. Nearly nineteen years later, a cache of documents
regarding Maureen English - abused, accused and imprisoned - are
given to her daughter by the journalist who made her name reporting
the case. The truth should lie within them, but the papers raise
far more questions than they answer...
關於作者：
Formerly a journalist Newsweek, US magazine and non-fiction
writer, Anita Shreve''s first novel EDEN CLOSE, published in 1990,
introduced a distinctively individual voice to literary fiction.
She is the author of ten other bestselling novels, all available
from Little, Brown and Abacus.
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