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Amanda eyre ward is the critically acclaimed author of seven novels, including how to be lost, close your eyes, the same sky, and the nearness of you. Amanda eyre ward is the author of the critically acclaimed and awardwinning novel sleep toward heaven. The sober lush by amanda eyre ward, jardine libaire. The same sky by amanda eyre ward overdrive rakuten. Read the jetsetters a novel by amanda eyre ward available from rakuten kobo. Close your eyes by amanda eyre ward book cover, description, publication history. Through suzette, dorrie, hyland, and jayne, ward reveals parenthood as an enterprise that is as wrenching as it is beautiful. The new york post named ward one of five writers to watch in 2003. This month, i am reading the jetsetters by amanda eyre ward. For most of her life, lauren mahdian has been certain of two things.
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Amanda eyre ward audio books, best sellers, author bio. The book is austin, texasbased author amanda eyre ward s fifth. Before the horrific tragedy, lauren led a sheltered life in a wealthy corner of america, in a town outside manhattan on the banks of long. In close your eyes, the author of the bestselling how to be lost s. Your left to infer that the family mended, the symbolic meaning of a picture is meant to close the story, i didnt feel like it was done. Based on a reallife story, amanda eyre wards new novel, close your eyes, is a beautifully written, mesmerizingly compelling story of a family tragedy and the search for truth. A true literary pageturner in the best sense of the word. Amanda eyre ward was born in new york city, and graduated from williams college and the university of montana. From the acclaimed author of how to be lost and close your eyes comes a beautiful and heartrending novel about motherhood, resilience, and faitha rippedfromtheheadlines story of two families on both sides of the american border. Katie crouch, author of girls in trucks and men and dogs. Before the horrific tragedy, lauren led a sheltered life on the banks of long island sound, a haven of luxurious homes.
Close your eyes doesnt hook you as much as it spins a delicate but powerful web around you. A nearly transparent whodunit provides a less than ideal structure for an otherwise incisive story of loss and redemption. In close your eyes, the author of the bestselling how to be lost spins another mesmerizing tale of buried family secrets. Close your eyes by amanda eyre ward free ebook download. At the heart of amanda wards comic story of family estrangement and longburied trauma. Join reader rewards and earn points when you purchase this book from your. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read the nearness of you. The jetsetters ebook by amanda eyre ward 9780399181900. Look behind the scenes of close your eyes read deleted scenes from close your eyes. At the time of your purchase, we will issue a signing line ticket that indicates your place in line. From the acclaimed author of how to be lost and close your eyes comes a beautiful and heartrending novel about motherhood, resilience, and faith a rippedfromtheheadlines story of two families on both sides of the american border.
A novel and millions of other books are available for instant access. Her bestselling novels have been featured in people magazine, the new york times, and more. Often, my novels begin with an image,and in the case of close your eyes, one of the first images i saw was a young brother and sister, alone in a tree house, about to discover something that will change their world. Borrow ebooks, audiobooks, and videos from thousands of. Struggling for closure years after her mother is murdered by her father, lauren mahdian analyzes her carefully constructed memories only to realize the role of her own denial, a process that illuminates the. Join the random house readers circle for author chats and.
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