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Publicado por HarperCollins Publishers Australia, 2003
ISBN 10: 0732275539ISBN 13: 9780732275532
Librería: Book Express (NZ), Wellington, Nueva Zelanda
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Paperback. Condición: Very Good. 495 pages. the prize-winning international bestseller. It is the late 1930s and two sisters, Clara and Nora Callan, face the f uture with hope and uncertainty. Clara, a 30-ish schoolteacher, l ives in small-town Ontario and longs for love and adventure. Nora , her flighty, gorgeous younger sister, escapes to New York and b ecomes a minor radio soap celebrity. told through the sisters' di aries and letters, Clara Callan vividly brings the two sisters to life in a world struggling through the Depression, and with the growing threat of fascism in Europe. Violence, deception and loss , it seems, are never far away from both sisters as they journey from innocence to experience. '.an engrossing Depression-era saga .a moving portrait of loneliness with a redemptive ending.' - the Bulletin. '[Clara] engages us so absolutely.[a] magnificently re alized protagonist.' - the Gazette, Montreal.
Publicado por Flamingo, 2003
ISBN 10: 0732275539ISBN 13: 9780732275532
Librería: Book Haven, Wellington, WLG, Nueva Zelanda
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Paperback. Condición: Good. In a small town in Canada, Clara Callan reluctantly takes leave of her sister, Nora, who is bound for New York. It's a time when the growing threat of fascism in Europe is a constant worry, and people escape from reality through radio and the movies. Meanwhile, the two sisters -- vastly different in personality, yet inextricably linked by a shared past -- try to find their places within the complex web of social expectations for young women in the 1930s. While Nora embarks on a glamorous career as a radio-soap opera star, Clara, a strong and independent-minded woman, struggles to observe the traditional boundaries of a small and tight-knit community without relinquishing her dreams of love, freedom, and adventure. However, things aren't as simple as they appear -- Nora's letters eventually reveal life in the big city is less exotic than it seems, and the tranquil solitude of Clara's life is shattered by a series of unforeseeable events. These twists of fate require all of Clara's courage and strength, and finally put the seemingly unbreakable bond between the sisters to the test. 495 pages.