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The Edge of the Earth - From the author of Drowning Ruth, a haunting, atmospheric novel set at the closing of the frontier about a young wife who moves to a far-flung and forbidding lighthouse where she uncovers a life-changing secret. Trudy is a polished, college-educated young woman from a respectable upper middle-class family, and its only a matter of time before shell marry Ernst, the son of her parents closest friends. All should be well in her world, and yet Trudy is restless and desperate for more stimulation than 1897 Milwaukee will allow. When she falls in love with enigmatic and ambitious Oskar, she believes shes found her escape from the banality of her pre-ordained life. Alienated from Trudys family and friends, the couple moves across the country to take a job at a lighthouse in the eerily isolated Point Lucia, California. Upon arriving they meet the light stations only inhabitantsthe Crawleys, a family whose plain appearance is no indication of what lies below the surface. It isnt long before Trudy begins to realize that there is more going on in this seemingly empty place than she could ever have imagined. Gorgeously detailed, swiftly paced, and anchored in the lush geography of the remote and eternally mesmerizing Big Sur, The Edge of the Earth is a magical and moving story of secrets and self-transformation, ruses and rebirths, masterfully told by a celebrated and accomplished author.


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Book Details

⚡️Book Title : The Edge of the Earth
⚡Book Author : Christina Schwarz
⚡Page : 275 pages
⚡Published April 2nd 2013 by Atria Books

The Edge of the Earth

From the author of Drowning Ruth, a haunting, atmospheric novel set at the closing of the frontier about a young wife who moves to a far-flung and forbidding lighthouse where she uncovers a life-changing secret. Trudy is a polished, college-educated young woman from a respectable upper middle-class family, and its only a matter of time before shell marry Ernst, the son of her parents closest friends. All should be well in her world, and yet Trudy is restless and desperate for more stimulation than 1897 Milwaukee will allow. When she falls in love with enigmatic and ambitious Oskar, she believes shes found her escape from the banality of her pre-ordained life. Alienated from Trudys family and friends, the couple moves across the country to take a job at a lighthouse in the eerily isolated Point Lucia, California. Upon arriving they meet the light stations only inhabitantsthe Crawleys, a family whose plain appearance is no indication of what lies below the surface. It isnt long before Trudy begins to realize that there is more going on in this seemingly empty place than she could ever have imagined. Gorgeously detailed, swiftly paced, and anchored in the lush geography of the remote and eternally mesmerizing Big Sur, The Edge of the Earth is a magical and moving story of secrets and self-transformation, ruses and rebirths, masterfully told by a celebrated and accomplished author.