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by Gail Godwin · · tapa blanda · 512 pages
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En el otoño de 1951, en Mount St. Gabriel's, una escuela para niñas en las montañas de Carolina del Norte, Tildy Stratton se hace amiga de Chloe Starnes, una nueva estudiante huérfana. Su amistad desencadena una serie de eventos que afectarán profundamente la vida de muchos, incluida la de su joven maestra y la matriarca de la escuela, la madre Suzanne Ravenel. Cincuenta años después, la directora revive una noche crucial, intentando reconciliar pasado y presente, y retrocediendo aún más a su propio último año en la escuela, donde están enterradas las raíces de una tragedia. Una novela sobre deseos frustrados que se transmiten de generación en generación y captura el momento en que un alma se libera.

Gail Godwin is an American novelist and short story writer. Godwin has written 14 novels, two short story collections, three non-fiction books, and ten libretti. Her primary literary accomplishments are her novels, which have included five best-sellers and three finalists for the National Book Award. Most of her books are realistic fiction novels that follow a character's psychological and intellectual development, often based on themes taken from Godwin's own life.