The Rocks: A Novel

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The Rocks: A Novel

â€œIrresistibly sunnyâ€¦ Â Set in the brightly lit Mediterranean amid old olive trees and sexual intrigue, music and wine and beautiful women... Propulsive.â€ â€“The New York Times Book Review

â€œThe perfect book for pretending it's already beach season.â€ â€“O, The Oprah Magazine

A romantic page-turner propelled by the sixty-year secret that has shaped two families, four lovers, and one seaside resort community.

Set against dramatic Mediterranean Sea views and lush olive groves, The Rocks opens with a confrontation and a secret: What was the mysterious, catastrophic event that drove two honeymooners apart so suddenly and absolutely in 1948 that they never spoke again despite living on the same island for sixty more years? And how did their history shape the Romeo and Julietâ€“like romance of their (unrelated) children decades later? Centered around a popular seaside resort club and its community, The Rocks is a double love story that begins with a mystery, then moves backward in time, era by era, to unravel what really happened decades earlier.

Peter Nichols writes with a pervading, soulful wisdom and self-knowing humor, and captures perfectly this world of glamorous, complicated, misbehaving types with all their sophisticated flaws and genuine longing. The result is a bittersweet, intelligent, and romantic novel about how powerful the perceived truth can beâ€”as a bond, and as a barrierâ€”even if itâ€™s not really the whole story; and how one misunderstanding can echo irreparably through decades.

Country	USA
Author	Peter Nichols
Binding	Hardcover
Brand	Nichols, Peter
EAN	9781594633317
ISBN	1594633312
Label	Riverhead Books
Manufacturer	Riverhead Books
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	432
PublicationDate	2015-05-26
Publisher	Riverhead Books
ReleaseDate	2015-05-26
Studio	Riverhead Books

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