Author : Jane Hamilton
Release : 2007-09-04
Genre : Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 995/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis When Madeline Was Young by : Jane Hamilton
Download or read book When Madeline Was Young written by Jane Hamilton. This book was released on 2007-09-04. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jane Hamilton, award-winning author of The Book of Ruth and A Map of the World brings us a rich and loving novel about a non-traditional family in the aftermath of a terrible accident.When Aaron Maciver’s beautiful young wife, Madeline, suffers a head injury in a bicycle crash, she is left with the mental capabilities of a six-year-old. In the years that follow, Aaron and his second wife care for Madeline with deep tenderness and devotion as they raise two children of their own. Inspired in part by Elizabeth Spencer’s Light in the Piazza, Hamilton offers an honest and exquisite portrait of how a family tragedy forever shapes the boundaries of love.