A Change In Altitude - Softcover

Anita Shreve

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0349120595 ISBN 13: 9780349120591

Publisher: Abacus, 2010

Synopsis

Margaret and Patrick, married just a few months, set off on a great adventure - a year living in Kenya. While Patrick practices medicine, Margaret works as a photojournalist, capturing a dizzying and sometimes dangerous city on film.

When a British couple invites the newlyweds on a climbing expedition to the summit of Mount Kenya, they eagerly agree. But during their arduous ascent a horrific accident occurs. In its aftermath, Margaret struggles to understand what happened on the mountain and how it has transformed her and her marriage, perhaps for ever. With stunning language and striking emotional intensity, A Change in Altitude illuminates the irrevocable impact of tragedy and the elusive nature of forgiveness.

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Review:

"A winner. Once again, Shreve's fans can approach her book with the confident anticipation that she will provide yet another satisfying experience. "A Change in Altitude "is an unusual kind of page-turner, part whodunit, part adventure story....Readers will vicariously enjoy all facets of this adventure in Africa from the safety of their own armchair."-- Free-Lance Star "Diane Makovsky "

PRAISE FOR A CHANGE IN ALTITUDE:

"Visual and sharply focused....Shreve knows how to keep a reader engaged." Valerie Sayers, "Washington Post""

"No one is better at gently, but thoroughly probing the interior life of her characters than Anita Shreve...."A Change in Altitude "reflects many of Shreve's familiar themes: loss and grief, the relationship between a man and woman, and how one moment can change a life forever. Shreve weaves a strong mix of exotic Africa and interesting characters, producing a potent story that will keep readers thinking about them long after the last page of the novel." Mary Foster, "Newsday""

"Shreve takes readers from Nairobi's lush suburbs to its fetid slums, from the drawing-room world of the white gentry to that of its black servants...."A Change in Altitude "rises a few thousand feet above typical women's fiction." Olivia Barker, "USA Today""

"Prepare to cancel all your appointments as you race through this dramatic saga....Enthralling. The mountains Margaret must climb-literally, and figuratively-are difficult ones. Readers will be eager to learn if she successfully scales the peak." Eliza Borne, "Bookpage""

"Awinner. Once again, Shreve's fans can approach her book with the confident anticipation that she will provide yet another satisfying experience. "A Change in Altitude "is an unusual kind of page-turner, part whodunit, part adventure story....Readers will vicariously enjoy all facets of this adventure in Africa from the safety of their own armchair." Diane Makovsky, "Free-Lance Star""

PRAISE FOR A CHANGE IN ALTITUDE:
"Visual and sharply focused....Shreve knows how to keep a reader engaged." Valerie Sayers, "Washington Post""

About this edition

• Publisher: Abacus
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0349120595
• ISBN 13: 9780349120591
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 384