Aquarium
"Twelve-year-old Caitlin lives alone with her mother -- a docker at the local container port -- in subsidized housing next to an airport in Seattle. Each day, while she waits to be picked up after school, Caitlin visits the local aquarium to study the fish. Gazing at the creatures within the wa...
| Main Author: | Vann, David (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
Atlantic Monthly Press,
[2015]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Subjects: |
| Summary: |
"Twelve-year-old Caitlin lives alone with her mother -- a docker at the local container port -- in subsidized housing next to an airport in Seattle. Each day, while she waits to be picked up after school, Caitlin visits the local aquarium to study the fish. Gazing at the creatures within the watery depths, Caitlin accesses a shimmering universe beyond her own. When she befriends an old man at the tanks one day, who seems as enamored of the fish as she, Caitlin cracks open a dark family secret and propels her once-blissful relationship with her mother toward a precipice of terrifying consequence."--From publisher's website. |
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| Physical Description: |
266 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm |
| ISBN: |
080212352X (HRD) 9780802123527 (HRD) |
| Author Notes: |
David Vann is a U.S. author who will be featured at the Byron bay Writers' Festival 2015. (Bowker Author Biography) |