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Bezig met laden... The Deep End (origineel 1986; editie 2006)door Joy Fielding (Auteur)
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. good mystery @ woman sep. strange calls, strange best friend Joanne Hunter's secure suburban world is falling apart. Her husband's desertion after twenty years of marriage leaves her stunned. Eve, her best friend, is strangely distant. Her grandfather, who has been a pillar of strength and support, lies ill and helpless in a nursing home. Lana and Robin, her teenage daughters, claim every ounce of her energy and devotion and all the love she feels she has lost. Only one person seems to care -- a stranger with a rasping voice, a tormentor with a vicious mind. Danger and despair close in with each ring of the telephone. Each deadly message lures her inexorably towards the deep end… Tras veinte años de feliz matrimonio, o al menos lo que ella creía que había sido un feliz matrimonio, el marido de Joanne entra en la crisis de los cuarenta y abandona a su mujer y a sus dos hijas adolescentes. Poco después, Joanne se siente acosada por un misterioso comunicante telefónico que la amenaza con violarla y asesinarla. Sola y totalmente desligada de su entorno, no tiene a quién acudir, ya que su única amiga, Eve, se encuentra sumida en una profunda depresión. Sólo puede recurrir a su abuelo nonagenario que está recluido en un asilo y que apenas puede entender sus temores.Con sus hijas de vacaciones, su marido ausente y como símbolo de su desolación una piscina a medio construir, Joanne se siente cada vez más aterrorizada. Un día recibe una llamada en la que su acosador le anuncia su muerte inminente y comienza su lucha por su supervivencia.... Subservient, self-deprecating Joanne Hunter suddenly becomes inundated by traumas. First, her husband moves out of their house to slake his restlessness and dissatisfaction. Stunned by his abrupt departure, Joanne seeks support from her best friend and neighbor, psychology professor Eve Stanley, but Eve now suffers from some unidentified illness which she believes is fatal. Eve frantically insists that debilitating pains wrack her body, although her husband tells Joanne that they are psychosomatic ailments. While these crises unfold, senility plagues Joanne's beloved grandfather, and her two adolescent daughters bicker incessantly. Most unnerving of all are the inexplicable threatening phone calls that Joanne receives at the same time that someone dubbed "the Suburban Strangler" terrorizes Long Island geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
Joanne Hunter's secure suburban world is falling apart. Her husband's desertion after twenty years of marriage leaves her stunned. Eve, her best friend, is strangely distant. Her grandfather, who has been a pillar of strength and support, lies ill and helpless in a nursing home. Lana and Robin, her teenage daughters, claim every ounce of her energy and devotion and all the love she feels she has lost. Only one person seems to care -- a stranger with a rasping voice, a tormentor with a vicious mind. Danger and despair close in with each ring of the telephone. Each deadly message lures her inexorably towards the deep end... Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Con sus hijas de vacaciones, su marido ausente y como símbolo de su desolación una piscina a medio construir, Joanne se siente cada vez más aterrorizada. Un día recibe una llamada en la que su acosador le anuncia su muerte inminente...