Forgetting Zoe - Softcover

Robinson, Ray

Softcover

ISBN 10: 009953763X ISBN 13: 9780099537632

Publisher: Windmill Books, 2011

Synopsis

Paperback. Pages: 288 Publisher: Random House UK Zo Nielsen was just like any other ten-year-old walking to school. Not knowing that a chance encounter with Thurman Hayes would lead to her abduction and imprisonment in a converted nuclear bunker beneath a remote Arizona ranch house. Back home. 4.000 miles away on an island off the coast of Newfoundland. the press coverage surrounding Zoe's mother. Ingrid. is rapidly turning sour. Even the arrest of a suspect and Ingrid's newly established relationship with Zo 's father isn 't enough to stop the nightmare from which there is no waking Enslaved in her underground tomb. deprived of food and light and water. the girl Zoe once was steadily begins to disappear. Allowed to see and hear only what Thurman permits. she lives in a world that is all about his needs and wants being meta But over time Thurman will grow tired of the rapidl...

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Product Description:

Zoë Nielsen was just like any other ten-year-old walking to school, not knowing that a chance encounter with Thurman Hayes would lead to her abduction and imprisonment in a converted nuclear bunker, 4,000 miles away, beneath a remote ranch house in Arizona. Enslaved in her underground tomb, deprived of food and light and water, the girl Zoe once was steadily begins to disappear... But over time Thurman grows tired of the rapidly maturing Zoë, and when he decides it is time to get rid of her, Zoë must finally make her bid for freedom. Forgetting Zoë is a moving, epic tale of courage, survival, horror and loss, that explores how a bond of affection and intimacy can develop between captive and captor.

Review:

"I read Forgetting Zoë with great pleasure, admiration, and envy. What a writer. The characters are so sharply drawn they're etched into the page... Captivating. A great storytelling achievement." (Tim Pears)

"A convincing portrait of how childhood brutality is passed down the generations...Direct in its depiction of abuse, Forgetting Zoë is never less than psychologically acute." (Financial Times)

"Stockholm syndrome is a curious but understandable condition, intelligently and vividly explored by Ray Robinson...Ray Robinson is a writer with keen observation. His prose is hard, abrupt and sinewy...It is a novel that contains violence but also stillness, that reveals more than it makes explicit...A mature and accomplished work." (Allan Massie The Scotsman)

"Very provocative...Powerfully done." (Tom Sutcliffe Saturday Review, Radio 4)

"Terribly convincing...The ventriloquism is very skilled." (Kevin Jackson Saturday Review, Radio 4)

About this edition

• Publisher: Windmill Books
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 009953763X
• ISBN 13: 9780099537632
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288