Showing results for "Cynthia Swanson" in Genre Fiction

A provocative and hauntingly powerful debut novel reminiscent of Sliding Doors, The Bookseller follows a woman in the 1960s who must reconcile her reality with the tantalising alternate world of her dreams. Nothing is as permanent as it appears.... Denver, 1962. Kitty Miller has come to terms with her unconventional single life. She loves the bookshop she runs with her best friend, Frieda, and enjoys complete control over her day-to-day existence. Then the dreams begin.

In the autumn of 1960, Angie Glass is living an idyllic life in her Wisconsin hometown. At 21, she's married to charming, handsome Paul, and has just given birth to a baby boy. But one phone call changes her life forever. When Paul's niece, Ruby, reports that her father, Henry, has committed suicide, and that her mother, Silja, is missing, Angie and Paul drop everything and fly to the small upstate town of Stonekill, New York to be by Ruby's side.

Wisconsin, 1960. Angie, mariée depuis peu à Paul, un peintre plus âgé qu'elle au passé mystérieux, consacre ses journées à son bébé et à son foyer. Un jour, elle reçoit un coup de téléphone de Ruth, la fille d'Henry, le frère de Paul. Celle-ci lui annonce que son père s'est suicidé et que sa mère, Silja, a disparu. Angie décide d'accompagner Paul aux obsèques. L'occasion de soutenir son mari et sa nièce et d'en apprendre un peu plus sur cette belle-famille qu'elle connaît à peine.