The Divide - Hardcover

Evans, Nicholas

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0593045262 ISBN 13: 9780593045268

Publisher: Bantam Press, 2005

Synopsis

Two backcountry skiers find the body of a young woman embedded in the ice of a remote mountain creek. All through the night police work with arc lights and chainsaws to prise her out. Identifying her doesn't take so long. Abbie Cooper is wanted for murder and her picture is on law enforcement computers all across America. But how did she die? And what was the trail of events that led this golden child of a loving family so tragically astray? From the number one bestselling author of "The Horse Whisperer", master storyteller Nicholas Evans, comes this powerful new novel, an epic thriller of the human heart. In a journey of discovery and redemption, from the streets of New York to the daunting grandeur of the Rocky Mountains, it tells the heart-rending tale of a family fractured by divorce. As both parents and children struggle in search of lost happiness, some devastating truths unravel. "The Divide" is the story of a great love betrayed and of the yearnings and needs, and the dashed hopes and disillusionments that connect and separate all men and women.

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About the Author

Nicholas Evans was a screenwriter and film producer before writing his first novel, the phenomenal number one bestseller The Horse Whisperer, which has sold more than ten million copies worldwide since its publication in 1995. It is now also a Hollywood film, starring and directed by Robert Redford. Nicholas Evans lives in Devon and London.

From the Back Cover

The Divide was a place that seemed to want to keep itself secret. It perched concealed at the head of a split and tortuous valley that descended to another far grander where a highway followed the curves of the Yellowstone River. Beside this highway, for those who could spot and decipher it, there was a sign of sorts. But the gnarled cottonwood to which it had long ago been nailed had all but consumed it and the words now looked like a parasitic scarring of the bark . . . The Divide didn t advertise or tout for business for it had no need. Its guests came by word of mouth and returned again and again. And thus it was with the Coopers. For the last two weeks in June, the Cooper family always took cabins six and eight. This was their fourth visit and it would be their last, the vacation that would change their lives for ever.

From the Inside Flap

Ten years after his phenomenal number-one bestseller The Horse Whisperer, Nicholas Evans returns with his most powerful novel to date, an epic thriller of the human heart.
On a crystalline Montana morning, two backcountry skiers find the body of a young woman embedded in the ice of a remote mountain creek. All through the night police work with floodlights and chainsaws to extract her. Identifying her, however, takes no time at all. Abbie Cooper is wanted for murder and acts of eco-terrorism and her picture is on law-enforcement computers all across the country. But how did she die?And what was the trail of events that led this golden child of a loving family so tragically astray?

On a devastating journey of discovery that takes us from the streets of New York to the daunting grandeur of the Rocky Mountains, The Divide tells the story of a family fractured by betrayal and struggling in search of lost happiness. It explores the pain we inflict on those we love the most, and charts the passions and needs, the dashed hopes and disillusionments that connect and divide all men and women.

Edition details

• Publisher: Bantam Press
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0593045262
• ISBN 13: 9780593045268
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 416