Sale

Innocence

Regular price $8.90 $4.90 45% off
Unit price
per

Coming of age amidst love, loss, and dreams.

Innocence is a must-read for those looking to reminisce about their past and rekindle friendships. This novel takes the reader on a journey of coming of age in the 1980s and then fast-forwards to the present day, where the protagonist struggles to cope with the loss of a dear friend. The novel's most distinctive feature is how it delves into the themes of love, loss, and dreams through the eyes of different characters. Readers will appreciate Tessaro's relatable and authentic characters and how she seamlessly transitions between past and present to reveal how the past can haunt and simultaneously inspire hope in the present.

Sale

Innocence

Regular price $8.90 $4.90 45% off
Unit price
per
ISBN: 9780007151455
Estimated First-hand Retail Price: $20.62
Authors: Kathleen Tessaro
Date of Publication: 2005-01-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Historical Fiction, Romance, Contemporary
Related Topics: Chick Lit
Goodreads rating: 3.41
(rated by 1445 readers)

Special Offer

Buy 3 Preloved Items Below S$10 and Get Another Free

Discount applied automatically when you add them to your cart!

Description

Some dreams never die.It's 1986 and eighteen-year-old Evie dreams of being an actress. Leaving her hometown of Eden, Ohio, for the first time, she's heading to London to study drama. Together with fellow students Imogene (a born-again Laura Ashley poster child and frustrated virgin) and Robbie (a native New Yorker, budding bohemian, and very much not a virgin), Evie's flung into a thrilling new world—a world illuminated by the glamorous, outrageous Robbie. Together, anything's possible.But then life, and love, intervene. And everything changes.Fifteen years later, Evie's a single mother teaching drama to night students and living with the eccentric Bunny in her house of artistic renters. Robbie's gone now, killed in a car accident. And Evie's doing her best to forget the past, as well as the dreams they once both shared.Then an old friendship comes back to haunt Evie. Literally. And suddenly everything is about to change again.
Condition guide
Availability
 
(0 in cart)

You may also like

Coming of age amidst love, loss, and dreams.

Innocence is a must-read for those looking to reminisce about their past and rekindle friendships. This novel takes the reader on a journey of coming of age in the 1980s and then fast-forwards to the present day, where the protagonist struggles to cope with the loss of a dear friend. The novel's most distinctive feature is how it delves into the themes of love, loss, and dreams through the eyes of different characters. Readers will appreciate Tessaro's relatable and authentic characters and how she seamlessly transitions between past and present to reveal how the past can haunt and simultaneously inspire hope in the present.