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The deep blue sea for beginners a novel

Years ago, Lyra Davis left behind a world of wealth and privilege and the people she loved most in the world, unable to reconcile the expectations of her celebrated family with the longings of her own wild heart. Now she lives quietly among a community of expatriates on the isle of Capri--until her...

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Main Author: Rice, Luanne.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Bantam Books, c2009.
Edition: 1st ed.
Subjects:
Mothers and daughters > Fiction.
Capri Island (Italy) > Fiction.
Psychological fiction > Italy.
Domestic fiction > Italy.
Summary: Years ago, Lyra Davis left behind a world of wealth and privilege and the people she loved most in the world, unable to reconcile the expectations of her celebrated family with the longings of her own wild heart. Now she lives quietly among a community of expatriates on the isle of Capri--until her daughter Pell travels across an ocean to find the mother she remembers and the deeper truths they all need so desperately.
Physical Description: 302 p. ; 24 cm.
ISBN: 9780553805147 (alk. paper)
0553805142 (alk. paper)
Author Notes: Novelist Luanne Rice was born in Old Lyme, Connecticut on September 25, 1955. She has written over twenty books and her stories, such as Home Fires and Cloud Nine, depict average people in emotionally complex situations. Many of her novels have been adapted into TV movies including Crazy in Love (1992) which starred Holly Hunter, Bill Pullman and Gena Rowlands, and Blue Moon (1999) which starred Sharon Lawrence, Kim Hunter and Richard Kiley. She currently splits her time between New York City and Old Lyme, Connecticut.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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