Joan Hawkins

Trespass (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A novel of greed, love and family. When Helen Reed, a wealthy widow, engages young masseur, David Sweeney, to alleviate the pain of her final days, her voracious brood move in with other plans. Trespass is a fascinating portrait of a family, of a moribund, spirited woman living life to the full for as long as she has it. It's the tale of a young girl coming of age, of a musician's fear of failure, an artist's quest for success and about the financial collapse of a man whose city career has just fallen apart. Joan Hawkins' third novel is set in an idyllic New England haven, where a newly-constructed swimming pool in the leafy grounds of Helen's home becomes a symbol of her independence and of her family's deepest resentments. While masseur David Sweeney brings relief and calm to the widow's pain, the underbelly of Helen Reed's summer cottage cannot be brushed under the Persian carpet. Its quagmire of misguided dreams, desires and betrayals make truth and beauty as elusive as the ripples across the pool in her yard. For more please see: www.joanhawkins.net

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Landon Books
• Seitenzahl: 120
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Oktober 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780983734840
• Artikelnr.: 62615724

Autorenporträt

Joan Hawkins was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She attended Bennington College and New York University. She has lived most of her life in Manhattan, practicing psychotherapy there. Her debut novel, Underwater, was published by GP Putnam in 1974 under the name of Joan Winthrop. The book was critically acclaimed, challenging traditional gender roles and exploring controversial issues of the day. A second edition of Underwater was published on its fortieth anniversary by Landon Books in 2014, and a third, European edition by 451 Editions in 2021. Joan's second novel, Bailey, a coming of age tale, came out in 2012 and Rematch, her fifth novel, an early take on corporate sexual discrimination, came out in Spring 2021. This is followed in Fall 2021 by the political drama, Family Money. Trespass is the author's third novel.