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Cold Spring Harbor
Richard Yates
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Description for Cold Spring Harbor
Paperback. Evan Shepard is a young man with a chequered past when he first meets the Drakes, after his car breaks down outside their house. Behind him, he has a troubled adolescence, a failed marriage and a little daughter, but his meeting with the quiet and beautiful Rachel heralds a new start. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 140. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Evan Shepard is a young man with a chequered past when he first meets the Drakes, after his car breaks down outside their house. Behind him, he has a troubled adolescence, a failed marriage and a little daughter, but his meeting with the quiet and beautiful Rachel heralds a new start. However, after their swift marriage, things don't work out quite as planned and the stresses of living with Rachel's family, in their shared house in Cold Spring Harbor, begin to take their toll on the new couple.
Evan Shepard is a young man with a chequered past when he first meets the Drakes, after his car breaks down outside their house. Behind him, he has a troubled adolescence, a failed marriage and a little daughter, but his meeting with the quiet and beautiful Rachel heralds a new start. However, after their swift marriage, things don't work out quite as planned and the stresses of living with Rachel's family, in their shared house in Cold Spring Harbor, begin to take their toll on the new couple.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099518532
SKU
KAC0000767
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Richard Yates
Richard Yates was born in 1926 in New York and lived in California. His prize-winning stories began to appear in 1953 and his first novel, Revolutionary Road, was nominated for the National Book Award in 1961. He is the author of eight other works, including the novels A Good School, The Easter Parade, andDisturbing the Peace, and two collections of ... Read more
Reviews for Cold Spring Harbor
Yates writes with a sympathy so clear-hearted that it often feels like nostalgia for his own youth, and yet he is also thoroughly uncompromising in revealing their capacity for self-delusion, their bewilderment in the face of failure
New York Times
So consistently well-written, just, unsentimental and sympathetic
Washington Post
Read and weep
Kate Atkinson Yates's ... Read more
New York Times
So consistently well-written, just, unsentimental and sympathetic
Washington Post
Read and weep
Kate Atkinson Yates's ... Read more