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Jake is in the tailspin of old age. His wife has passed away, his son is in prison, and now he is about to lose his past to Alzheimers. As the disease takes hold of him, Jakes memories become increasingly unreliable. What happened to his daughter? Is she alive, or long dead? Why is his son imprisoned? And why cant he shake the memory of a yellow dress and one lonely, ec Jake is in the tailspin of old age. His wife has passed away, his son is in prison, and now he is about to lose his past to Alzheimers. As the disease takes hold of him, Jakes memories become increasingly unreliable. What happened to his daughter? Is she alive, or long dead? Why is his son imprisoned? And why cant he shake the memory of a yellow dress and one lonely, echoing gunshot? Like Marilynne Robinsons Gilead, The Wilderness holds us in its grip from the first sentence to the last with the sheer beauty of its language and its ruminations on love and loss. An Orange Prize Finalist A Man Booker Prize Nominee Winner of the 2009 Betty Trask Prize A Guardian First Book Award Nominee
Jake is in the tailspin of old age. His wife has passed away, his son is in prison, and now he is about to lose his past to Alzheimers. As the disease takes hold of him, Jakes memories become increasingly unreliable. What happened to his daughter? Is she alive, or long dead? Why is his son imprisoned? And why cant he shake the memory of a yellow dress and one lonely, ec Jake is in the tailspin of old age. His wife has passed away, his son is in prison, and now he is about to lose his past to... Read More