by Mary McGarry Morris · France Loisirs (Belfond) · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782298069075
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«À la lueur d'une étoile distante» is the novel by Mary McGarry Morris, published by France Loisirs (Belfond) in paperback (544 pages, in French).
Thirteen-year-old Nellie Peck spies on Dolly, the new tenant in the adjoining studio: an attractive cabaret dancer. When Dolly turns up dead, Nellie's voice proves key to a case where no one knows whom to believe. A story about guilt, redemption, innocence, and the harshness of the adult world.
Originally published in English as «Light from a Distant Star» (2011), this French edition was published in 2013.
For readers of mystery and coming-of-age novels who value narratives with an adolescent voice and moral nuance.
Mary McGarry Morris is an American novelist, short story author and playwright from New England. She uses its towns as settings for her works. In 1991, Michiko Kakutani of The New York Times described Morris as "one of the most skillful new writers at work in America today"; The Washington Post has described her as a "superb storyteller"; and The Miami Herald has called her "one of our finest American writers".
