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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."synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
"Immensely powerful. . . . Beautifully written. . . . Jacqueline is a mesmerizing heroine." --The Boston Globe
"Haunting and sensual, Maksik's prose deftly intertwines the tenderness and torment of memory with the hard reality of searching for sustenance and shelter." --Harper's
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. 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 Taylors 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 heror tip into full-blown madness. An electrifying novel tracks a woman's journey from the horrors of Charles Taylor's Liberia to abject poverty and self-exile on a Greek island, where she must grapple with a haunted past and find a way back into human society. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780345803863
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