ISBN: 9781742582740 - the end of longing (2 Ergebnisse)

Trade Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very Good condition. Inscribed by the author on the title page "To Sue Best Wishes Ian R". Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 300 pages.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. 300 pages. tidy ex library -card covers plastic protectedFrances, a New Zealand woman, is laid to rest in an unmarked grave in Jamaica in 1892. Her enigmatic husband, the Reverend William Hammond, cannot be found. Fra nces is not Reverend Hammond's first wife, and his movements have always been el usive. Reverend Hammond has travelled by steamship and rail across continents, b ut when Frances joins him, the thrill of exotic travel is soon overshadowed by a sense of foreboding. Does he really want her or is she in the way? Later on, re ports are sent to Frances's brothers, alleging cunning, fraud, and possible murd er. The End of Longing is a thrilling, bitter-beautiful novel which skillfully e xplores identity through circumstance, redemption, and love. It is a lyrical, ma ture, and interesting story about a confidence trickster in the late 19th/early 20th century, set as a travelogue of escape through Melbourne, Canada, Japan, th e US, and through to New Zealand. There is a substratum of fact to The End of Lo nging. A couple bearing the same names as the two main characters did travel to the places described in this novel at the times indicated, and had some similar experiences. Indeed, the main female character is based on author Ian Reid's dis tant relative.…