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Overview
It is 1992, and the Lowe family is living in a centuries-old castle in Prague. Alden Lowe works at the Czech Ministry of Finance and his wife Becky advises women entrepreneurs. With their daugher Julie, they appear a fortunate American family, but after twenty years with Alden, Becky shocks the family by fleeing to Libya, where she intends to reunite with a man who has loved her since before her marriage. In its tale of Americans living abroad and the social reconfigurations that ensue, the captivating A Way from Home is reminiscent of the novels of Edith Wharton and Henry James--with a delicious satiric tang all its own.
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9781400078714
- ISBN-10: 1400078717
- Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Publish Date: July 2006
- Dimensions: 8.14 x 5.26 x 0.77 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.6 pounds
- Page Count: 368
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