Duma Key : a novel
(Book)
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Published
New York : Gallery Books, 2018.
Edition
First Gallery books trade paperback edition.
Physical Desc
625 pages ; 21 cm
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 31
Lexile measure
770L
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Jay Co PL - Portland - Adult Fiction | AF KING | On Shelf |
North Madison Co PL - Frankton Comm. Library - Adult Fiction | FIC KIN | On Shelf |
Pike Co PL - Petersburg Main Library - Adult Fiction | AF KING | On Shelf |
Plainfield-Guilford Twp PL - Plainfield - Fiction | FIC King | On Shelf |
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Published
New York : Gallery Books, 2018.
Format
Book
Edition
First Gallery books trade paperback edition.
Language
English
Accelerated Reader
UG
Level 5, 31 Points
Level 5, 31 Points
Lexile measure
770
Notes
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"A terrible construction site accident takes Edgar Freemantle's right arm and scrambles his memory and his mind, leaving him with little but rage as he begins the ordeal of rehabilitation. A marriage that produced two lovely daughters suddenly ends, and Edgar begins to wish he hadn't survived the injuries that could have killed him. He wants out. His psychologist, Dr. Kamen, suggests a "geographic cure," a new life distant from the Twin Cities and the building business Edgar grew from scratch. And Kamen suggests something else. "Edgar, does anything make you happy?" "I used to sketch." "Take it up again. You need hedges ... hedges against the night." Edgar leaves Minnesota for a rented house on Duma Key, a stunningly beautiful, eerily undeveloped splinter of the Florida coast. The sun setting into the Gulf of Mexico and the tidal rattling of shells on the beach call out to him, and Edgar draws. A visit from Ilse, the daughter he dotes on, starts his movement out of solitude. He meets a kindred spirit in Wireman, a man reluctant to reveal his own wounds, and then Elizabeth Eastlake, a sick old woman whose roots are tangled deep in Duma Key. Now Edgar paints, sometimes feverishly, his exploding talent both a wonder and a weapon. Many of his paintings have a power that cannot be controlled. When Elizabeth's past unfolds and the ghosts of her childhood begin to appear, the damage of which they are capable is truly devastating. The tenacity of love, the perils of creativity, the mysteries of memory and the nature of the supernatural."--,Unedited summary from Amazon.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
King, S. (2018). Duma Key: a novel (First Gallery books trade paperback edition.). Gallery Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)King, Stephen, 1947-. 2018. Duma Key: A Novel. Gallery Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)King, Stephen, 1947-. Duma Key: A Novel Gallery Books, 2018.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)King, Stephen. Duma Key: A Novel First Gallery books trade paperback edition., Gallery Books, 2018.
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