As the trunks are unloaded onto the wet sand, thirty-eight-year-old Marantha Waters looks at the cliffs falling away into the churning sea. This is the first day of her new life on San Miguel.
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San Miguel, c’est le nom d’une île minuscule au large des côtes californiennes.
Eine einsame Insel vor der Küste von Kalifornien, die für die einen die Hölle ist, für die anderen das Paradies: Die schwindsüchtige Marantha verschlägt es 1888 nach San Miguel.
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Women, a historical novel about three women's lives on a California islandOn a tiny, desolate, windswept island off the coast of...
This is the first day of her new life on San Miguel.Joined by her husband, a fiercely possessive Civil War veteran who will take over the operation of the sheep ranch on the island, Marantha strives to persevere in the face of brutal ...
The brilliant and acclaimed New York Times bestseller from the author of The Women and When the Killing’s Done Just off the coast of Southern California, two families—one in the 1880s and one in the 1930s—come to desolate, windswept ...
On a tiny, desolate, windswept island off the coast of Southern California, two families, one in the 1880s and one in the 1930s, come to start new lives and pursue...
Maar dan dient de Tweede Wereldoorlog zich aan en is het nog maar de vraag of zij de misère het hoofd kunnen bieden San Miguel is een meeslepende roman verteld in het meesterlijk proza dat we van T.C. Boyle kennen.