Sophie and the Rising Sun

Trobaugh, Augusta

ISBN 10: 0525946276 / ISBN 13: 9780525946274

Published by E P Dutton, New York, New York, U.S.A., 2001

About this Item

A bit of page misalignment page 125. First printing.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Sophie and the Rising Sun
• Publisher: E P Dutton, New York, New York, U.S.A.
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0525946276
• ISBN 13: 9780525946274
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Fiction

About this title

Synopsis

Setting the sleepy Georgia town of Salty Creek on its' ear with his arrival, Mr. Oto is taken in as a gardner by Miss Anne, the town's conscience, and soon enounters Sophie, a quiet woman who steals his heart, but when the Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor, Mt. Oto is forced to reexamine his new surroundings and Sophie must decide how far she will go in the name of love, in a richly textured novel filled with unforgettable characters. 15,000 first printing.

About the Author

Augusta Trobaugh is the author of two previous novels, Resting in the Bosom of the Lamb and Praise Jerusalem!, a semifinalist in the 1993 Pirates Alley Faulkner Competition. She holds a Master of Arts degree from the University of Georgia, with a concentration in American and Southern literature, and her work has been funded through the Georgia Council of the Arts. She is at work on a new novel, her fourth.