On the eve of her wedding anniversary, Mary Gooch is waiting for her husband to come home, listening for his car along the dark, icy roads. As the night draws on, and he fails to appear, Mary reflects on the true nature of their marriage: the secrets, the silences, and the unmentionable yet inescapable fact that for each loss and disappointment, there has been a corresponding physical gain: the woman she once was is now imprisoned in mountainous flesh. The Wife\'s Tale is the inspirational story... Celý popis

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On the eve of her wedding anniversary, Mary Gooch is waiting for her husband to come home, listening for his car along the dark, icy roads. As the night draws on, and he fails to appear, Mary reflects on the true nature of their marriage: the secrets, the silences, and the unmentionable yet inescapable fact that for each loss and disappointment, there has been a corresponding physical gain: the woman she once was is now imprisoned in mountainous flesh. The Wife\'s Tale is the inspirational story of the journey Mary is finally forced to make across a continent, ostensibly in search of her husba
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Žánr beletrie
Rok vydání 2010
Autor Lansens, Lori
Počet stran 384
Výrobce Little, Brown Book Group
Jazyk anglické
Váha 262 gramů