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Suicide, remorse, making amends! Welcome to Palm Island--a paradise outside space and time where even death does not preclude redemption. Martin, a disillusioned and lonely physicist who decides that suicide is his only remaining option, is magically transported to this place where time stands still. There, he meets other scientists, two chefs, a lost family member, and a young descendant of royalty. All had also led tragic and unfinished lives--nevertheless, they had persisted! The threads of these lives weave together across the boundaries of culture, language, and time. In Palm Island,…mehr

Produktbeschreibung
Suicide, remorse, making amends! Welcome to Palm Island--a paradise outside space and time where even death does not preclude redemption. Martin, a disillusioned and lonely physicist who decides that suicide is his only remaining option, is magically transported to this place where time stands still. There, he meets other scientists, two chefs, a lost family member, and a young descendant of royalty. All had also led tragic and unfinished lives--nevertheless, they had persisted! The threads of these lives weave together across the boundaries of culture, language, and time. In Palm Island, these lonely travelers' stories inspire the others and lead them to eventually find peace and, perhaps, a little joy.
Autorenporträt
Jana A. Brill is a professor emerita of French at Georgetown College in Georgetown, Kentucky. She earned her Ph.D. in French from UC Santa Barbara, with an emphasis in linguistics. Her articles have appeared in French Review, Romance Philology, and the Kentucky Philological Review. She is also the author of Oral Traditions: When Did the French Stop Speaking Latin? and Palm Island: A Sideways Slip in Time. Brill has two adult daughters, two grandchildren, and one cat. An avid bibliophile and lover of folk tales, she has always loved maps and mystery novels that take place around the world. "Whenever I read," she says, "I have a map nearby so that I can get a sense of where the characters are."