Local Knowledge
ISBN 9780451225788 | 368 pages | 06 Jan 2009 | NAL | 8.26 x 5.23in | 18 - AND UP
Summary of Local Knowledge
Summary of Local Knowledge
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An Excerpt from Local Knowledge
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From an exciting debut author—a novel about three people haunted by the mistakes of their past and their plunge into an uncertain future.
“A powerful and deeply moving novel about the lies we tell ourselves, the moral corners we cut, and the loved ones we betray to get what we want. Gyllenhaal has x-ray vision into the human heart and a sharp eye for contemporary mores and social maneuvering. She knows women and men and children, and pins them to the page with some of the most dazzling prose I’ve read in a long time.”Maddie Alden has always longed for more than her small town could offer. Now that it’s being overrun by wealthy New Yorkers looking for a respite from the city, Maddie has gotten herself a lucrative new job in real estate. And her first sale brings her a charismatic new friend who is everything Maddie longs to be. Little does Maddie realize that the glamorous Anne will shake up her quiet marriage— and will force Maddie to face the truth about the past, and the terrible secret she shares with her husband and his best friend… —Ellen Felman, author of Lucy |
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