Harper Perennial London 2009

stan dobry plus

str. 420

format 13 x 20 cm

waga 310 g

When Julia Lambert, an art professor, settles into her idyllic Maine house for the summer, she plans to spend the time tending to her fragile relationships with her father, a repressive neurosurgeon, and her gentle mother, who is descending into Alzheimer's. But a shattering revelation intrudes: Julia's son Jack has spiraled into heroin addiction. In an attempt to save him, Julia marshals help from her looseknit clan: elderly parents; remarried ex-husband; removed sister; and combative eldest son. Ultimately, heroin courses through the characters' lives with a devastating energy, sweeping the family into a world in which deceit, crime, and fear are part of daily life. InCost, Roxanna Robinson tackles addiction and explores its effects on the bonds of family, dazzling us with her hallmark subtlety and precision in evoking the emotional interiors of her characters.

Roxana Robinson is the author of three earlier novels, three collections of short stories, and the biography Georgia O'Keeffe: A Life. Her work has appeared in The New Yorker, Harper's Magazine, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, More, and Vogue, among other publications.