内容简介
Andrew,anadvertisingexecutiveinhismid-30s,returnstohishometowninupstateNewYorkforhismother'sfuneral.Hedoesnotintendtostayintheslowruralbackwaterheleftseventeenyearsbefore.Butthedreamsandmemoriespersistandinthedarkenedfarmhouseherelivesthathot,bloodynightwhenEdenClosewasblinded-bythesamegunthatkilledherfather.TheenigmaticEdenhadbeenAndrew'schildhoodcompanion.Togetherthetworoamedsummercornfields,smokedtheirfirstforbiddencigarettes,skated,fishedandfoughtuntilthetomboyturnedtemptress-thentheirfriendshipended.Now,despitewarnings,Andrewisdrawnagaintothislost,blindgirlofhisyouth,drawntosaveherfromthecruelneglectshehasenduredforseventeensightlessyearswithouthim.Butfirsthemustdiscoverthegrislytruthaboutthatnight...
作者简介
Formerlyajournalist(Newsweek,USmagazine)andnon-fictionwriter,AnitaShreve'sfirstnovelEDENCLOSE,publishedin1990,introducedadistinctivelyindividualvoicetoliteraryfiction.Sheistheauthoroftenothernovels,allavailablefromLittle,BrownandAbacus.