A Map of Glass
Jane Urquhart
371 pages, Paperback
ISBN: 1596922133
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Language: English
Publish: March 8, 2007
21st CenturyAdult FictionCanadaCanadian LiteratureContemporaryFictionHistorical FictionLiterary FictionLiteratureNature
From the author of the best-selling, award-winning The Stone Carvers and The Underpainter comes a new novel that explores love, loss, and the transitory nature of place. After Jerome, a young artist on a remote island retreat, discovers Andrew Woodman s dead body frozen in the ice, he meets the elderly man s former lover, Sylvia, who is curious about the circumstances surrounding Andrew s death. Together, Jerome and Sylvia uncover both the secrets of their own pasts and the breathtaking story of Andrew s ancestors.