Rescue (Paperback)


Peter Webster is a rookie paramedic when he pulls a young woman out of a car wreck that should have killed her. Sheila Arsenault haunts his thoughts, and despite his misgivings Peter is soon embroiled in an intense love affair--and in Sheila's troubled world.""
Eighteen years later, Sheila is long gone and Peter is raising their daughter, Rowan, alone. But Rowan is veering dangerously off course, and for the first time in their quiet life together Peter fears for her future. He seeks out the only person who may be able to help Rowan, although Sheila's return is sure to unleash all the questions he has carefully been keeping at bay: Why did a mother leave her family? How did the marriage of two people so deeply in love unravel?
A story about trespass and forgiveness, secrets and the seismic force of the truth, "Rescue" is a masterful portrayal of a family trying to understand its fractured past and begin again.""

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Peter Webster is a rookie paramedic when he pulls a young woman out of a car wreck that should have killed her. Sheila Arsenault haunts his thoughts, and despite his misgivings Peter is soon embroiled in an intense love affair--and in Sheila's troubled world.""
Eighteen years later, Sheila is long gone and Peter is raising their daughter, Rowan, alone. But Rowan is veering dangerously off course, and for the first time in their quiet life together Peter fears for her future. He seeks out the only person who may be able to help Rowan, although Sheila's return is sure to unleash all the questions he has carefully been keeping at bay: Why did a mother leave her family? How did the marriage of two people so deeply in love unravel?
A story about trespass and forgiveness, secrets and the seismic force of the truth, "Rescue" is a masterful portrayal of a family trying to understand its fractured past and begin again.""

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Product Details

General

Imprint

Abacus

Country of origin

United Kingdom

Release date

February 2012

Availability

Expected to ship within 9 - 15 working days

First published

February 2012

Authors

Dimensions

196 x 127 x 20mm (L x W x T)

Format

Paperback - B-format

Pages

286

ISBN-13

978-0-349-12060-7

Barcode

9780349120607

Categories

LSN

0-349-12060-9



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