Long Road Home (MM)
From her secret perch at the top of the stairs, Gabriella Harrison watches the guests arrive at her parents` lavish Manhattan town house. At seven, she knows she is an intruder in her parents` life. Later, hiding in a closet, the click, click, click of her mother`s high heels will strike terror in her heart. Gabriella believes, as she is told, that she is to blame for her mother`s rage - and her father`s failure to protect her. When her parents` marriage collapses, Gabriella is given her first reprieve, as her father disappears, and then her mother abandons her to a convent. There, Gabriella`s battered body and soul begin to mend. Amid the quiet safety and hushed rituals of the nuns, Gabriella grows into womanhood in a safe, peaceful...
Издательство:
Random House (USA)
Дата выхода: июль 2011