Pearl : a novel / Siân Hughes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hughes, Siân, 1965- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Missing persons--Fiction.

Missing persons.

Grief--Fiction.

Grief.

Secrecy--Fiction.

Secrecy.

Mothers and daughters--Fiction.

Mothers and daughters.

Genre:

Fiction

Novels

Domestic fiction.

Psychological fiction.

Novels.

Novels in verse.

Physical Description:

210 pages ; 22 cm

Edition:

First American edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2024.

Summary:

"Heartbreaking and redeeming by turns, Pearl is the story--based on a Medieval poem--of a young woman in a small English village struggling with the disappearance of her mother, what feels like a lifetime ago"-- Provided by publisher.

Marianne is eight years old when her mother goes missing. Left behind with her baby brother and grieving father in a ramshackle house on the edge of a small village, she clings to the fragmented memories of her mother's love; the smell of fresh herbs, the games they played, and the songs and stories of her childhood. As time passes, Marianne finds it difficult to adjust, fixated on her mother's disappearance and the secrets she's sure her father is keeping from her. Yet, in one of her mother's dusty old books, she discovers a medieval poem called Pearl, and, trusting in the promise of its consolation, it seems as if her life begins to parallel the poem's course. But questions remain. Marianne is ever more tormented by the unmarked gravestone in the abandoned chapel and the tidal pull of the river, and as her childhood home begins to crumble, the past leads her down a path of self-destruction. Can Marianne ever come to understand her mother's choices? And will her own future as a mother help her find her peace?

Notes:

"This is a Borzoi book." -- title page verso.

Other Format:

Online version: Hughes, Siân, 1965- Pearl

ISBN:

9780593802564

059380256X

OCLC:

1398509946