The Night Journal Paperback - 2007
by Elizabeth Crook
Meg Mabry has spent her life with her back turned to her legendary family legacy. When an unexpected discovery casts doubt on the history recorded by her great-grandmother, Meg succumbs to the allure of the family stories in order to unlock an old mystery.
Summary
With its family secrets and hallowed texts containing explosive truths, The Night Journal suggests A. S. Byatts Possession transplanted to the raw and beautiful landscape of the American Southwest. Meg Mabry has spent her life oppressed by her familys legacya heritage beginning with the journals written by her great-grandmother in the 1890s and solidified by her grandmother Bassie, a famous historian who published them to great acclaim. Until now, Meg has stubbornly refused to read the journals. But when she concedes to accompany the elderly and vipertongued Bassie on a return trip to the fabled land of her childhood in New Mexico, Meg finally succumbs to the allure of her great-grandmothers storyand soon everything she believed about her family is turned upside down.
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- Title The Night Journal
- Author Elizabeth Crook
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 464
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Publishing Group, New York
- Date 2007-02-01
- Features Price on Product - Canadian
- ISBN 9780143038573 / 0143038575
- Weight 0.71 lbs (0.32 kg)
- Dimensions 8.24 x 5.1 x 0.85 in (20.93 x 12.95 x 2.16 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
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Themes
- Sex & Gender: Feminine
- Library of Congress subjects Domestic fiction, Historical fiction
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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Crook has a clear gift for detail and dialogue. . . . [T]heres plenty to keep you engaged and engrossed in The Night Journal. (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
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