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Title details for Absent in the Spring by Agatha Christie - Wait list

Absent in the Spring

by Agatha Christie
Jacqui Crago
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A striking novel of truth and soul-searching. Returning from a visit to her daughter in Iraq, Joan Scudamore finds herself unexpectedly alone and stranded in an isolated rest house by flooding of the railway tracks.Looking back over the years, Joan painfully re-examines her attitudes, relationships and actions and becomes increasingly uneasy about the person who is revealed to her... Famous for her ingenious crime books and plays, Agatha Christie also wrote about crimes of the heart, six bittersweet and very personal novels, as compelling and memorable as the best of her work.

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  • Release date

    January 5, 2012

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    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9780007399048
      • File size: 185125 KB
      • Duration: 06:25:40

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Delayed in her return to England, Joan Scudamore finds that solitude forces her to review her life. Much of the story comes from Joan's inner thoughts and reflections, allowing Beach to deliver the story like a soliloquy. Joan's emotions range from cold indifference and haughtiness to near insanity, for which Beach uses a wide range of emotional responses. Beach builds individualized personality into the secondary characters as well, even if the roles are small--a master at her craft, Westmacott was actually Agatha Christie writing under a pen name. A well-performed interpretation of psychological insight. P.A.J. (c) AudioFile 2000, Portland, Maine

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