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Enchanted Islands a novel

"Inspired by the midcentury memoirs of Frances Conway, Enchanted Islands is the dazzling story of an independent American woman whose path takes her far from her native Minnesota when she and her husband, an undercover intelligence officer, are sent to the Galápagos Islands at the brink of World Wa...

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Main Author: Amend, Allison (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, [2016]
Edition:First edition.
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Women > United States > Fiction.
Undercover operations > Galapagos Islands > Fiction.
Man-woman relationships > Fiction.
Galapagos Islands > Fiction.
Historical fiction > Galapagos Islands
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Summary:"Inspired by the midcentury memoirs of Frances Conway, Enchanted Islands is the dazzling story of an independent American woman whose path takes her far from her native Minnesota when she and her husband, an undercover intelligence officer, are sent to the Galápagos Islands at the brink of World War II."--Jacket.
Physical Description:306 pages ; 25 cm
ISBN:9780385539067
0385539061
Author Notes:Allison Amend, a graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop, is the author of the novels A Nearly Perfect Copy and Stations West , which was a finalist for the 2011 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature and the Oklahoma Book Award. She is also the author of the Independent Publisher's Award-winning short story collection Things That Pass for Love . She lives in New York City, where she teaches creative writing.

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