The Sound of Us
de Sarah Willis
- Usado
- Bien
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Bien/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0425203026
- ISBN 13
- 9780425203026
- Librería
-
Wamuran, Queensland, Australia
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In good condition - ex library - has markings from use - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.
It was past two in the morning and Alice Marlowe was in bed alone when the phone rang. Lifting the receiver, she heard the voice of a child at the other end - a child who was clearly frightened, reluctant to reveal too much and, like Alice, all alone.
After a brief, halting conversation - and before she knows quite what she's doing - Alice is at the little girl's apartment. She has no idea where Larissa Benton's mother has gone or when she's coming back. She knows the right thing to do is to call the police. But when they arrive and carry a crying Larissa away, accompanied by a social worker, Alice finds it difficult to let her go.
She had no plans to bring a child into her life. She is single, in her late forties. She lives with a cat named Sampson and has imaginary conversations with her dead twin brother. As a sign-language interpreter for the deaf, she is used to standing between people, facilitating their conversations with each other. But perhaps it is this unusual skill that can help Larissa, who, as she travels through the labyrinth of Cleveland's child-welfare system, refuses to speak. And perhaps that late-night call was somehow meant to bring them together - a lonely woman with on one to love and a beautiful, scared six-year-old girl.
It was past two in the morning and Alice Marlowe was in bed alone when the phone rang. Lifting the receiver, she heard the voice of a child at the other end - a child who was clearly frightened, reluctant to reveal too much and, like Alice, all alone.
After a brief, halting conversation - and before she knows quite what she's doing - Alice is at the little girl's apartment. She has no idea where Larissa Benton's mother has gone or when she's coming back. She knows the right thing to do is to call the police. But when they arrive and carry a crying Larissa away, accompanied by a social worker, Alice finds it difficult to let her go.
She had no plans to bring a child into her life. She is single, in her late forties. She lives with a cat named Sampson and has imaginary conversations with her dead twin brother. As a sign-language interpreter for the deaf, she is used to standing between people, facilitating their conversations with each other. But perhaps it is this unusual skill that can help Larissa, who, as she travels through the labyrinth of Cleveland's child-welfare system, refuses to speak. And perhaps that late-night call was somehow meant to bring them together - a lonely woman with on one to love and a beautiful, scared six-year-old girl.
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Detalles
- Librería
- DASHbooks (AU)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- DASHbooks442
- Título
- The Sound of Us
- Autor
- Sarah Willis
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Bien
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Good
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- ISBN 10
- 0425203026
- ISBN 13
- 9780425203026
- Editorial
- Berkley
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 2005
- Palabras clave
- sarah willis, sound of us, mystery novel, alice marlowe, larissa benton, child, welfare, love, call,
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Mystery; Novel;
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