The Monsters of Templeton
by:
Lauren Groff (author)
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781615581672 (1615581677)
Publish date: November 4th 2008
Publisher: Voice
Pages no: 384
Edition language: English
Dokoratsstudentin Willie ist ihren Ahnen auf der Spur. Denn nur so kann sie herausfinden, wer ihr Vater ist. Dabei fördert sie unaussprechliche Familiengeheimnisse zutage, deren Schatten bis in die Gegenwart reicht. Gleichzeitig wird aus dem See ihrer Heimatstadt ein Monster gezogen, das für Furore ...
Half of this book tells the story of Wilhelmina Upton, scion of a prominent upstate New York family which includes her hometown's founder and his son, a prominent novelist. The book opens when Willie returns to Templeton feeling disgraced, having fled her PhD research in the aftermath of a doomed af...
Awww!This book totally makes me squeal (in my mind, so as not to disturb those around me), "Awww!" Like the Portlandia dumpster diver. I can't find a Portlandia Aww meme and am too lazy to make my own, so just imagine it here and move along.Here are the things that just tickled me pink (I'm already ...
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At times, I wasn't quite sure what to make of this novel. I enjoyed it a great deal, especially the parallel stories told from historic times and how they lined up with the present narrative. I wasn't always sure how the two connected, though...I wanted a bit more meaningful commentary from the prot...