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The Outcast (P.S. (Paperback)) (Paperback)
$12.13 - Save $1.86 (13%) - RRP $13.99 Free delivery worldwide (to United States and
all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for The OutcastJones tells the story of a boy who refuses to accept the polite lies of a tightly knit community that rejects love in favor of appearances. Written with nail-biting suspense, "The Outcast" is an emotionally powerful testament to the powers of love and understanding.
Full description- Publisher: HARPER PERENNIAL
- Published: 14 April 2009
- Format: Paperback 347 pages
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- Categories: Contemporary Fiction | Historical Fiction
- ISBN 13: 9780061374043 ISBN 10: 0061374040
- Sales rank: 308,616
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Full description for The Outcast
In 1957 Lewis Aldridge, newly released from prison, returns home to Waterford, a suburban town outside London. He is nineteen years old. A decade earlier his father's homecoming at war's end was greeted with far less apprehension by the staid, tightly knit community--thanks to Gilbert Aldridge's easy acceptance of suburban ritual and routine. Nobody is surprised that Gilbert's wife counters convention, but the entire community is shocked when, after one of their jaunts, Lewis comes back without her. No one in Waterford wants Lewis back--except Kit, a young woman who sympathizes with his grief and burgeoning rage. But in her attempts to set them both free, Kit fails to foresee the painful and horrifying secrets that must first be forced into the open. The consequences for Lewis, his family, and the tightly knit community are devastating.
