Liberation

(Paperback)

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Now in B format.

'Deeply moving, Joanna Scott brilliantly captures war as seen through the innocence of a child.' Bookpage

Adriana Nardi is only 10 years old when Allied forces occupy her lush island home during World War II, plaguing the quiet Italian village with violence and uncertainty. Amdu is a Senegalese soldier who abandons his comrades and befriends Adriana after witnessing an unspeakable act that has far-reaching repercussions. Years later, on a commuter train bound for Penn Station, 60 year-old Adriana revisits her memories of the war and her doomed relationship with Amdu, even as a present crisis threatens her life. A compelling story of love, war, and betrayal, LIBERATION is a glorious addition to Joanna Scott's elegantly masterful body of work. 'An affecting, unsentimental portrait of a survivor taking stock of her life and loves.' Publishers Weekly

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'Deeply moving, Joanna Scott brilliantly captures war as seen through the innocence of a child' - Bookpage 'An affecting, unsentimental portrait of a survivor taking stock of her life and loves' -Publishers Weekly 'In Liberation, Scott pulls off kaleidoscopic shifts of observation with a depth of vision possessed by great writers...Scott is in full control of folly and tragedy in a world she has painstakingly researched and brilliantly imagined' - Los Angeles Times Book Review

Author Bio

Joanna Scott is the author of nine books, including The Manikin, which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize; Various Antidotes and Arrogance, which were both finalists for the PEN/Faulkner Award; and the critically acclaimed Make Believe, Tourmaline, and Liberation. A recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship and a Lannan Award, she lives with her family in upstate New York.

Author Location: New York

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