Kathryn wished she could manage a coma. Instead, it seemed that quite the opposite had happened: She felt herself to be inside of a private weather system, one in which she was continuously tossed and buffeted by bits of news and information, sometimes chilled by thoughts of what lay immediately ahead, thawed by the kindness of others...frequently drenched by memories that seemed to have no regard for circumstance or place, and then subjected to the nearly intolerable heat of reporters, photographers and curious onlookers. It was a weather system with no logic, she had decided, no pattern, no progression, no form. The situation becomes even more dire when the plane's black box is recovered, pinning responsibility for the crash on Jack. In an attempt to clear his name, Kathryn searches for any and all clues to the hours before the flight. Yet each discovery forces her to realise that she didn't know her husband of 16 years at all. Shreve's complex and highly convincing treatment of Kathryn's dilemma, coupled with intriguing minor characters and an expertly paced plot, makes The Pilot's Wife really takes off.
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Anita Shreve
Natural do Massachusetts, onde ainda hoje reside, Anita Shreve graduou-se na Tufts University, foi professora e acabou por enveredar pelo jornalismo após uma das suas histórias ter ganho o O. Henry Prize em 1975, escrevendo então artigos para revistas como a Quest, Us e Newsweek. Mais tarde, publicou dois livros de não-ficção a partir de artigos publicados na The New York Times Magazine. Em 1989 abandonou o jornalismo e dedicou-se apenas à literatura, alcançando um grande sucesso internacional – as suas obras venderam já mais de 7 milhões de exemplares em todo o mundo. Em 1998, recebeu o PEN/L.L. Winship Award e The New England Book Award para ficção.
35 Livros
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Massachusetts, Estados Unidos