by Shena Mackay · Difel · tapa blanda · ISBN 9789722904803
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«O pomar em chamas» is Shena Mackay's coming-of-age novel, published by Difel in paperback (276 pages, in Portuguese).
In 1953, April Harlency arrives in the village of Stonebridge with her parents, who run a teashop there. Caught between her imagination and domestic life, she forms an intense friendship with Ruby Richards, whose family harbours dark tensions. The novel portrays a decisive year for both girls and the pulse of a rural community that watches every move.
Originally «The Orchard on Fire», nominated for the Booker Prize in 1996; this Portuguese edition was published in 2000.
For readers of historical fiction and coming-of-age novels who enjoy rural postwar England.
Shena Mackay FRSL is a Scottish novelist born in Edinburgh. She was shortlisted for the Booker Prize for Fiction in 1996 for The Orchard on Fire, and was shortlisted for the Whitbread Prize and the Orange Prize for Fiction in 2003 for Heligoland.
