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Afloat

Afloat

by JenniferMcCartney (Author)

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    Hardcover 2007

    $6.08
Synopsis

It is the summer of 2000 and Bell, a student from Minnesota, is employed at an elite restaurant on Mackinac island. With a circumference of just nine miles and no automobiles allowed, this unique resort on Lake Michigan is teeming with horse-drawn carriages, top-shelf vodka, bicycles, smoked whitefish and inspiring relationships. Forty years later, Bell is stranded in her St Paul home clearing away the belongings of a lifetime while she awaits the arrival of a guest from that deceptively idyllic summer.Afloat is an exquisitely distilled exploration of material and spiritual values and - equally - a riveting story of loyalty, betrayal and survival.

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Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 240
 Publisher: Hamish Hamilton Ltd
Published: 22 Feb 2007
ISBN 10: 0241143446
ISBN 13: 9780241143445

Media Reviews
An exhilarating debut, a bracing, sassy novel with a hugely poignant core * Zoe Strachan *
'Both idyllic and dystopian, a book peopled with layered, likeable characters whose dialogue is fresh, whose insights are sharp, and whose story stays with you.' Steven Heighton
An exhilarating debut, a bracing, sassy novel with a hugely poignant core * Zoe Strachan *
'Both idyllic and dystopian, a book peopled with layered, likeable characters whose dialogue is fresh, whose insights are sharp, and whose story stays with you.' Steven Heighton
Author Bio
Jennifer McCartney is a Canadian novelist and short-story writer from Ontario. She has lived and worked in Ohio, Michigan, Utah, South Carolina, London and Glasgow, where she was awarded a distinction for her graduate degree in Creative Writing.