Rites of Spring

by JessicaDuchen (Author)

• Used

  Hardcover
  2006

  $5.95

  Paralysed by grief and guilt after his mother's death, Adam turns down a promotion to art director of an upscale men's magazine. His wife Sasha has just turned 40 and thinks that her unemployed, depressed, lying around the house smoking dope husband just doesn't fancy her any more. They are both too absorbed in themselves, their own problems and the logistics of running a household that contains two eight-year-old boys, to notice that thirteen-year-old Liffy is teetering on the verge of anorexia. And then she falls in.Liffy's aunt, Lisa, knows something is wrong, but is distracted by her work as a lecturer in music and her rollercoaster affair with a Russian pianist. Will someone see what's happening to Liffy before it's too late?

• Used

  Paperback
  2006

  $5.18

  This isn't where we started out. This isn't what we wanted or intended. How did we come to this? Adam and Sasha appear to have it all: a pleasant home, demanding careers and three bright children. But underneath, the pressures of modern living are taking an unendurable toll. When Adam, under extreme strain, breaks a longstanding promise to his wife, their relationship begins to crumble. Liffy, their innocent, ballet-obsessed thirteen-year-old, is caught in the middle. Her parents are too occupied with their own troubles to notice that she is struggling. Adam battles with grief, while high-flying Sasha tries to juggle her work with caring for her small twin sons. As Liffy finds herself drifting away, the Levys spiral towards tragedy. Somsone has to make a sacrifice, but the cost could be too much to bear...