Sign-In
Cart
Oasis
Paperback
ISBN13: 9781916544543
Publisher: Jm Agency
Published: Dec 21 2024
Pages: 362
Weight: 1.13
Height: 0.81 Width: 5.90 Depth: 8.85
Language: English
At 19 years of age, the artistic and temperamental Louise makes a decision that changes the course of her life forever. In love with the handsome Kareem, and enchanted by the promise of an exotic world, Louise decides to leave Dublin and join Kareem in his native land. Immersed in great works of literature, from 'King Lear' to Ulysses, Louise imagines North Africa as a land of timeless traditions and desert sunsets.
The reality of married life in Tripoli doesn't match Louise's dream, but she perseveres. Trapped in an abusive marriage, she survives to raise her children and find her footing in an unfamiliar land.
Oasis, the debut novel by psychoanalyst and psychotherapist Millie Blackwood, charts Louise's journey from naïve girl to headstrong woman, who has her heart broken but ultimately finds her true self. Louise's hardships are chronicled sympathetically and objectively by Blackwood, as readers witness a tale woven with psychological insight and a uniquely crafted depth.
Also in
General Fiction
Elizabeth Spencer: Novels & Stories (Loa #344): The Voice at the Back Door / The Light in the Piazza / Knights and Dragons / Stories
Spencer, Elizabeth
Hardcover
Anniversaries, Volume 2: From a Year in the Life of Gesine Cresspahl, April 1968-August 1968
Johnson, Uwe
Paperback
Philip Roth: Novels 1973-1977 (Loa #165): The Great American Novel / My Life as a Man / The Professor of Desire
Roth, Philip
Hardcover
John Updike: Novels 1978-1984 (Loa #339): The Coup / Rabbit Is Rich / The Witches of Eastwick
Updike, John
Hardcover
Selected Writings: Robert Musil: Young Torless, Three Women, the Perfecting of a Love, and Other Writings
Musil, Robert
Agee, Joel
Paperback