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Halfway House
Katharine Noel
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Description for Halfway House
Paperback. In this extraordinary debut, Katharine Noel illuminates the fault lines in one family's relationships, as well as the complex emotional ties that bind them together. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 258.
One day, Angie Voorster - all-star swimmer and college-bound student - dives to the bottom of a pool and stays there. In that moment, everything the Voorster family believes they know about one another changes. Halfway House is the story of Angie's psychotic break and her family's subsequent turmoil. Angie is a charismatic young woman - brilliant, witty, and passionate - until she swings to manic highs or dangerous lows. As Angie trials varying medications and is in and out of hospitals and treatment centres, each of her family members responds differently to the ongoing crisis. Her father Pieter, a ... Read more
One day, Angie Voorster - all-star swimmer and college-bound student - dives to the bottom of a pool and stays there. In that moment, everything the Voorster family believes they know about one another changes. Halfway House is the story of Angie's psychotic break and her family's subsequent turmoil. Angie is a charismatic young woman - brilliant, witty, and passionate - until she swings to manic highs or dangerous lows. As Angie trials varying medications and is in and out of hospitals and treatment centres, each of her family members responds differently to the ongoing crisis. Her father Pieter, a ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780749937737
SKU
V9780749937737
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Ref
99-1
About Katharine Noel
Katherine Noel is a Jones Lecturer at Stanford University where she formerly held a Stegner Fellowship. Her writing has won grants from the Henfield-Transatlantic, Barbara Demming and Rone Jaffe Foundations, and was included in Best New American Voices 2003.
Reviews for Halfway House
A beautiful novel... which illuminates the fragility of our lives.
DAILY MAIL
A sure footed debut.
NEW YORK TIMES
DAILY MAIL
A sure footed debut.
NEW YORK TIMES