Archipelago
by Roffey, Monique
- Used
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 1398514128
- ISBN 13
- 9781398514126
- Seller
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Dunfermline, Fife, United Kingdom
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Synopsis
A mesmerizing tale of a father and daughter’s sailing adventure from Trinidad to the Galapagos Islands, winner of the 2013 OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature Monique Roffey, vibrant new voice in Caribbean fiction and author of the Orange Prize finalist The White Woman on the Green Bicycle , returns with Archipelago , a new novel that is a journey of redemption, healing, and hope in the wake of devastating loss. When a flood destroys Gavin Weald’s home in Trinidad and rips his family apart, life as he knows it will never be the same. A year later he returns to his house and tries to start over, but when the rainy season arrives, his daughter’s nightmares about the torrents make life there unbearable. So father and daughterand their dogembark upon a voyage to make peace with the waters. Their journey takes them far from their Caribbean island home, as they sail through archipelagos, encounter the grandeur of the sea, and meet with the challenges and surprises of the natural world.
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- Bookseller
- Better World Books Ltd (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 40595105-20
- Title
- Archipelago
- Author
- Roffey, Monique
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 1398514128
- ISBN 13
- 9781398514126
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster, Limited