A Marker to Measure Drift |
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Author:
| Maksik, Alexander |
ISBN: | 978-0-345-80386-3 |
Publication Date: | Jun 2014 |
Publisher: | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
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Imprint: | Vintage |
Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $16.00 |
Book Description:
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Now The Major Motion Picture DRIFT Starring Cynthia Erivo and Alia Shawkat * A New York Times Notable Book * Hypnotic in its depiction of physical and spiritual hungers, this is a novel about ruin, faith, and the devastating memories that can destroy and redeem us. "Immensely powerful. . . . Beautifully written. . . . Jacqueline is a mesmerizing heroine." --The Boston Globe In the aftermath of Charles Taylor's fallen...
More Description Now The Major Motion Picture DRIFT Starring Cynthia Erivo and Alia Shawkat * A New York Times Notable Book * Hypnotic in its depiction of physical and spiritual hungers, this is a novel about ruin, faith, and the devastating memories that can destroy and redeem us.
"Immensely powerful. . . . Beautifully written. . . . Jacqueline is a mesmerizing heroine." --The Boston Globe
In the aftermath of Charles Taylor's fallen regime, a young Liberian woman named Jacqueline has fled to the Aegean island of Santorini. She lives in a cave accessible only at low tide. During the day, she offers massages to tourists, battling her hunger one or two euros at a time. Her pressing physical needs provide a deeper relief, obliterating her memories of unspeakable violence. But slowly, the specters of her former life resurface: her adoring younger sister; her unshakably proper mother; her father, who believed in his president; her journalist lover, who knew that Taylor would be overthrown. Now Jacqueline must face the ghosts that haunt her--or tip into full-blown madness.