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Synopsis
A Gift Upon the Shore is a lyrical, haunting story of two women, an artist and a writer, surviving in a dark near future. Driven by rich and fully drawn characters, this is a powerful, compelling story of a friendship that survives the devastation, only to face a more difficult test from the gift found upon the shore It is also about remaining human under the worst of conditions, and the humanizing influence of books and art, even when their existence is threatened.
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About the Author
M. K. WREN has also written nine mystery novels, featuring series characters Conan Flagg and Sheriff Neely Jones, as well as a science fiction epic The Phoenix Legacy, published in three volumes: Sword of the Lamb, Shadow of the Swan, and House of the Wolf.Website: www.mkwren.com e-mail: mkwren@wcn.net
From Library Journal
Would the survivors of nuclear holocaust have any reason to go on living? That is the question that must be answered by two women who have lived through the final conflict and now face the devastating nuclear winter that follows it. Mary and Rachel, the only survivors in their area, believe that choice makes us human, and they choose to affirm their humanity by preserving whatever knowledge can still be saved. Desperately longing for companionship, they hope eventually to meet other survivors. But when contact finally comes, more hard choices come with it. Wren's novel is thought-provoking in its consideration of ordinary people forced to confront the unthinkable. While the plot is not without cliches, and characters are not always fully developed, the author's passionate concern with what gives life meaning carries the novel. Recommended for fiction collections.
- Beth Ann Mills, New Rochelle P.L., N.Y.
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- PublisherPenguin
- Publication date1991
- ISBN 10 0140130888
- ISBN 13 9780140130881
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages384
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