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Description for At First Light
Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 234 x 153. .
1993: The Ku Klux Klan hold a rally provoking violence from an unexpected quarter which leaves authorities with an extraordinary dilemma: how do you handle a 98-year-old perpetrator who will not speak out except to admit her guilt? 1919: Exiled in disgrace from her family, mixed-race Alicia is shocked by the primitive conditions when she arrives in Key West. Unlike anywhere else in Florida, people just get along - whites, blacks, Cubans, Catholics and Jews. At the same time, the last troop ship from Europe arrives, full of wounded and traumatized soldiers. Among them is Daniel, who ... Read more
1993: The Ku Klux Klan hold a rally provoking violence from an unexpected quarter which leaves authorities with an extraordinary dilemma: how do you handle a 98-year-old perpetrator who will not speak out except to admit her guilt? 1919: Exiled in disgrace from her family, mixed-race Alicia is shocked by the primitive conditions when she arrives in Key West. Unlike anywhere else in Florida, people just get along - whites, blacks, Cubans, Catholics and Jews. At the same time, the last troop ship from Europe arrives, full of wounded and traumatized soldiers. Among them is Daniel, who ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781409171355
SKU
KTG0019508
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Vanessa Lafaye
Vanessa Lafaye was born in Tallahassee and raised in Tampa, Florida, where there were hurricanes most years. She first came to the UK in 1987 looking for adventure, and found it. After spells of living in Paris and Oxford, she lived in Marlborough, Wiltshire. Vanessa passed away in February 2018.
Reviews for At First Light
An unputdownable, intriguing story of vengeance with tragedy at its heart
Fanny Blake
WOMAN AND HOME
I loved this dark yet sunlit story of love and revenge, set against a fascinating backdrop of convergent events
Lissa Evans, author of Their Finest
With characters and a story as warm and colourful as its Key West setting, ... Read more
Fanny Blake
WOMAN AND HOME
I loved this dark yet sunlit story of love and revenge, set against a fascinating backdrop of convergent events
Lissa Evans, author of Their Finest
With characters and a story as warm and colourful as its Key West setting, ... Read more