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Read [William Trevor Book] * Death in Summer Online * PDF eBook or Kindle ePUB free. Death in Summer There were three deaths that summer. The next death came some weeks later, after Thaddeus's mother-in-law had helped him to interview the young woman who had answered their advertisement for a nanny to look after Letitia's baby. The first was Letitia's, sudden and quite unexpected, leaving her husband Thaddeus haunted by the details of her last afternoon, a drizzling Thursday in June. William Trevor's new novel is a sypathetic portrait of the sadness and damage that lies at the heart of some liv
| Title | : | Death in Summer |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.70 (520 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 067088202X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 240 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-01-10 |
| Language | : | English |
There were three deaths that summer. The next death came some weeks later, after Thaddeus's mother-in-law had helped him to interview the young woman who had answered their advertisement for a nanny to look after Letitia's baby. The first was Letitia's, sudden and quite unexpected, leaving her husband Thaddeus haunted by the details of her last afternoon, a drizzling Thursday in June. William Trevor's new novel is a sypathetic portrait of the sadness and damage that lies at the heart of some lives - both those that are obviously afflicted and those that appear to be blessed.. They had spent it arguing in their comfortable house in the country until Thaddeus reluctantly promised to visit a woman from his past - a promise he had no intention of keeping. But then, just as the household was beginning to settle down, the last of the nannies suprisingly returned, her unwelcome arrival heralding the third of the summer tragedies. None was suitable - least of all the last one, with her small, sharp features, her shabby clothes that reeked of cigarettes, her badly typed references - so Letitia's mother moved in herself
A William Trevor novel offers the pleasures of a world so thoroughly imagined it makes real life seem murky and badly conceived. Iveson has always considered Thaddeus "shoddy goods," and their détente only gradually thaws into something resembling warmth. He married Letitia for her money, as is immediately clear. Meanwhile, Pettie, one of the rejected nannies, has "taken a shine" to Thaddeus--with increasingly ominous results. Grim as Pettie's story may be, she causes stony-hearted Thaddeus to feel the first stirrings of human sympathy, "as the warmth of blood might miraculously seep into a shadow, or anesthesia be lifted by a jolt." Throughout William Trevor's long and storied career, his subject has been nothing less than the problem of evil, and in Death in Summer, he makes a convincing case f
Will stay with me as long as memory functions. A Customer I agree with the positives above, and disagree strongly with the negatives. He simply made me care about the characters and what they were going through. I suppose I read the book a little too fast, but I don't think I missed much. Unlike lesser books, th. Barbara J. Mcdonald said Good Idea in the Hands of Another Writer. I got this book after seeing it listed in the Sunday paper book review section as a reader's "nightstand" book. Sounded interesting. Also, the author apparently has won several awards. So, my expectations were high. However, I was very disappointed in thi. Kelly M. Stitzel said This one deserves more than one reading. When I first read this book, I had very mixed feelings about it. I was bored, confused, intrigued, saddened and disappointed all at the same time. But I realize now that I really need to give this one another shot. I've spoken with many people who have al
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