Arcadia Falls
By (Author) Carol Goodman
Little, Brown Book Group
Piatkus Books
22nd March 2011
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
813.6
Paperback
400
Width 163mm, Height 201mm, Spine 27mm
320g
For two hundred years, painters, poets and musicians have come to the Catskill Mountain village of Arcadia Falls to escape the pressures of modern life and pursue their artistic visions, and Arcadia College was founded with a mission to nurture young artists and writers. When Meg Rosenthal gets an offer to teach at Arcadia College, it seems a godsend - an escape from a life that's fallen apart. She hopes, too, that Arcadia Falls will be a place where she and her daughter Sally can find some peace and reconciliation.
But even though Arcadia Falls proves to be even more beautiful then Meg imagined, it is hardly peaceful. Soon she begins to realize that the public story behind the school conceals deceit, betrayal, and perhaps even murder. As Meg struggles to reconcile the choices she's made in her own life, she begins to fear that by coming to Arcadia Falls she's put herself and her daughter in danger.A wonderfully atmospheric literary mystery - BOOKLIST
[A] moving story of mothers and daughters and the hard choices women must make . . . Goodman combines gripping suspense with strong characters and artistic themes. Those who read Antia Shreve or Jodi Picoult are likely to become fans - LIBRARY JOURNALGoodman delivers the goods her fans expect in this atmospheric and fast moving gothic story - PUBLISHERS WEEKLYCarol Goodman's work has appeared in such journals as LITERAL LATTE and OTHER VOICES. After graduation from Vassar College, she taught Latin in Austin, Texas. She then received an M.F.A. in fiction. She currently teaches writing and works as a writer-in-residence.