Midnight Cactus

by Bella Pollen (Author)

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  Paperback
  2006

  $3.25

  To the south lies Mexico. To the north you can see the flat plains and snow tipped peaks of the Patagonia Mountains ...and in between is a strange and wild landscape representing a freedom so great that for a long moment, I find it hard to breathe. On the run from her claustrophobic marriage in London, Alice Coleman moves her two small children to the Arizona desert with the intention of renovating an abandoned mining town on the Mexican Border - and there finds an escape and solitude she hadn't thought possible. But in the dusty, alien atmosphere, where it seems that everyone -- from Benjamin, the town's Mexican caretaker to the laconic cowboy, Duval -- has something to hide, Alice is uncertain whom to trust. As winter moves to scorching summer, what seemed idyllic turns deadly as Alice is drawn deeper into an obsessive quest for revenge, until finally she must decide how far she is willing to go to cling on to her freedom and what exactly she will have to sacrifice. Fierce and compelling, Midnight Cactus explores the territory between unrealized dreams and the pull of family. In a blistering climax Alice discovers it is only by risking everything that you learn what is really worth living for.

• Used

  Paperback
  2006

  $3.25

  To the south lies Mexico. To the North you can see the flat plains and snow tipped peaks of the Patagonia Mountains...and in between is a strange and wild landscape representing a freedom so great that for a long moment, I find it hard to breathe. On the run from her claustrophobic marriage in London, Alice Coleman moves her two small children to a ghost town in the Arizona desert - and there finds an escape she hadn't thought possible. But the mythic southwest has room for more than one fugitive. In the dusty, alien atmosphere, it seems that everyone - from Benjamin, the town's loyal caretaker, to the laconic and mysterious Duval - has something to hide. And as winter moves to scorching summer, what seemed idyllic turns deadly as Alice is drawn deeper into an obsessive quest for revenge. Vivid and compelling, Midnight Cactus explores the tensions between unrealized dreams and the pull of family, until finally, in a blistering climax Alice is forced to decide just what she is willing to sacrifice to hold on to her freedom.

• Used

  Hardcover
  2006

  $3.25

  To the south lies Mexico. To the North, you can see the flat plains and snow tipped peaks of the Patagonia Mountains...and in between, is a strange and wild landscape representing a freedom so great that for a long moment, I find it hard to breathe. On the run from her claustrophobic marriage in London, Alice Coleman moves her two small children to a ghost town in the Arizona desert - and there, finds an escape she hadn't thought possible. But the mythic southwest has room for more than one fugitive. In the dusty, alien atmosphere, it seems that everyone - from Benjamin, the town's loyal caretaker, to the laconic and mysterious Duval - has something to hide. And as winter moves to scorching summer, what seemed idyllic turns deadly as Alice is drawn deeper into an obsessive quest for revenge. Vivid and compelling, Midnight Cactus explores the tensions between unrealized dreams and the pull of family, until finally, in a blistering climax, Alice is forced to decide just what she is willing to sacrifice to hold on to her freedom.

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  2006

  $18.37