by Anita Shreve · Edições Asa · tapa blanda · ISBN 9789724139463
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«A Praia do Destino» is the romantic and historical novel by Anita Shreve, published by Edições Asa in paperback (416 pages, in Portuguese).
In the summer of 1899, Olympia Biddeford, a fifteen-year-old girl, meets John Haskell, a married doctor and father of four, in her father's social circle in Boston. A forbidden passion arises between them that defies conventions and brings devastating consequences. The novel deals with female desire and social prejudices.
Original title: «Fortune's Rocks»; first instalment of the «Fortune's Rocks» series. Portuguese translation by Simão Sampaio.
For readers of romantic and historical novels and reading groups.
Anita Hale Shreve was an American writer, chiefly known for her novels. One of her first published stories, Past the Island, Drifting, was awarded an O. Henry Prize in 1976.
