The Essence of an Hour

The Essence of an Hour
Susan Furber
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Paperback
h198 x 129mm - 276pg
18 Feb 2021 UK
9781912436491
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It' s 1941, the last summer of American innocence, and eighteen-year-old Lillie Carrigan is desperate to love and be loved, to lose her virginity, to experience her life' s great, epic romance. Preoccupied with whiskey and cigarettes, sex and Catholic guilt, Lillie unknowingly sets in motion events leading to death and estrangement from her two best friends. A decade on, Lillie is still haunted by the ghosts of that summer. Did she act solely out of youthful naivety and adolescent jealousy? Or perhaps there were darker forces at work: grief, guilt, sexual assault, and the double standards of her strict religious upbringing. Searching for patterns and meaning in the events of that year, and anxious to understand the person she has become, Lillie reflects on the darkness of her tarnished youth and confesses her sins.
Susan Furber was born in Buffalo, New York, in 1992. She holds a B. A. in English and Philosophy from Saint Mary' s College, Notre Dame, and spent a year at the University of Oxford. Susan is an editor and lives in London with her husband.
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9781912436491
Published: 18 Feb 2021
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Valley Press
Publisher: Valley Press
Format: Paperback
Height: 198mm
Width: 129mm
Spine: 18mm
Pages: 276

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