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Alexandra, Gone - Anna McPartlin
Alexandra, Gone
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LETTING GO FOR GOOD . . . Once, Jane Moore and Alexandra Walsh were inseparable, sharing secrets and stolen candy, plotting their futures together. But when Jane became pregnant at seventeen, they drifted slowly apart. Jane has spent the years since raising her son, now seventeen himself, on her... show more
LETTING GO FOR GOOD . . . Once, Jane Moore and Alexandra Walsh were inseparable, sharing secrets and stolen candy, plotting their futures together. But when Jane became pregnant at seventeen, they drifted slowly apart. Jane has spent the years since raising her son, now seventeen himself, on her own, running a gallery, managing her sister’s art career, and looking after their volatile mother—all the while trying not to resent the limited choices life has given her. Then a quirk of fate and a faulty elevator bring Jane into contact with Tom, Alexandra’s husband, who has some shocking news. Alexandra disappeared from a south Dublin suburb months ago, and Tom has been searching fruitlessly for her. Jane offers to help, as do the elevator’s other passengers—Jane’s brilliant but self-absorbed sister, Elle, and Leslie Sheehan, a reclusive web designer who’s ready to step back into the world again. And as Jane quickly realizes, Tom isn’t the only one among them who’s looking for something . . . or traveling toward unexpected revelations about love, life, and what it means to let go, in every sense. In this insightful and irresistible novel, by turns profound, poignant, and laugh- out-loud funny, acclaimed Irish writer Anna McPartlin tells a story of friendship and love, of the families we are born into and the ones we create for ourselves, and of the hope and strength that remain when we fi nd the courage to leave the past behind at last.
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Format: paperback
ISBN: 9781439123331 (1439123330)
Publisher: Downtown Press
Pages no: 342
Edition language: English
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Watch - Eat - Read
Watch - Eat - Read rated it
4.0 Alexandra, Gone
I enjoyed a number of the characters in this book. I found it slow moving however and struggled to get back to it on a couple of occasions. I found the writing style clear and consistent and I did like the music references scattered throughout.The simplicity of both the characters and the plot was n...
She reads, she watches and sometimes she goes outside
She reads, she watches and sometimes she goes outside rated it
4.0 Alexandra, Gone
I enjoyed a number of the characters in this book. I found it slow moving however and struggled to get back to it on a couple of occasions. I found the writing style clear and consistent and I did like the music references scattered throughout.The simplicity of both the characters and the plot was n...
BookHounds
BookHounds rated it
I just adored Pack Up the Moon and thought McPartlin couldn't top that one. Well, she did! The characters have depth and make you care that Alexandra is missing. You get to know her through the interactions of Jane, Leslie, Elle and Tom. McPartlin shines with her smart and funny dialogue and tha...
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