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Zusammenfassung
Zusammenfassung
From the USA Today bestselling author of All the Summer Girls and Dog Crazy comes a spellbinding and suspenseful tale inspired by Wuthering Heights that illuminates the ways in which hope--and even magic--can blossom in the darkest of places.
To find her way, she must abandon everything she loves...
As a child, Merrow Shawe believes she is born of the sea: strong, joyous, and wild. Her beloved home is Horseshoe Cliff, a small farm on the coast of Northern California where she spends her days exploring fog-cloaked bluffs, swimming in the cove, and basking in the light of golden sunsets as her father entertains her with fantastical stories. It is an enchanting childhood, but it is not without hardship--the mystery of Merrow's mother's death haunts her, as does the increasingly senseless cruelty of her older brother, Bear.
Then, like sea glass carried from a distant land, Amir arrives in Merrow's life. He's been tossed about from India to New York City and now to Horseshoe Cliff, to stay with her family. Merrow is immediately drawn to his spirit, his passion, and his resilience in the face of Bear's viciousness. Together they embrace their love of the sea, and their growing love for each other.
But the ocean holds secrets in its darkest depths. When tragedy strikes, Merrow is forced to question whether Amir is really the person she believed him to be. In order to escape the danger she finds herself in and find her own path forward, she must let go of the only home she's ever known, and the only boy she's ever loved....
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Rezensionen (2)
Publisher's Weekly-Rezension
Donohue (How to Eat a Cupcake) spins first-rate women's fiction in this imaginative and lyrically told tale about how the most unlikely of people become family. The story begins with a lavish engagement party and immediately swings back a few decades to the childhood of the intended bride. Merrow Shawe is growing up poor in Northern California with her widowed father and cruel brother when her father brings home an orphan named Amir, the adopted son of his late wife's close friend. When Merrow is 10, her father also dies, leaving Merrow and Amir at the mercy of Merrow's older brother, Bear. Their only consolation comes from Rei, a Japanese former professor hired to tutor them, who fills their heads with magical tales of lands far away, and from their habit of popping into unoccupied homes to dream about how others live. One of those visits changes Merrow's life forever: a dog bites her; she meets a woman, Rosalie Langford, who becomes her protector; and Merrow falls in love with Rosalie's son. After tragedy separates Amir and Merrow, seemingly forever, Merrow continues down a new path that ends with a betrayal and a surprise. Donohue's careful plotting and richly drawn characters will keep readers enthralled right up to an unexpected ending that's likely to be polarizing. Merrow's life story is worth reading even for those who'd prefer it took her another way. Agent: Elisabeth Weed, Book Group. (May) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
Booklist-Rezension
Though her childhood was unusual, Merrow couldn't have picked a more idyllic place to grow up. Set on the Northern coast of California, Horseshoe Cliff wasn't a safe, suburban enclave, but it was undeniably appealing it was home. She learned to swim, ride, and forage, exploring the bluffs while avoiding her older brother's temper and her father's sad eyes. When Amir, the orphaned son of a family friend, arrives, Merrow is overjoyed to share the wonders of Horseshoe Cliff with him. But the unthinkable happens, and Merrow's family is shaken to its core. Merrow reexamines her sense of self and realizes that nothing in life is sacred; there are no guarantees. Bestselling author Donohue (Every Wild Heart, 2017) opens the novel with a fairy-tale ending and a twist, moving backwards through time to give readers a full picture of Merrow's childhood. A companion to Erica Bauermeister's The Scent Keeper (2019) and Catherine Ryan Hyde's Have You Seen Luis Velez? (2019), this coming-of-age novel will warm hearts and inspire anyone with a less-than-perfect childhood.--Stephanie Turza Copyright 2019 Booklist
