Maggie's tree / Julie Walters.
Material type:
TextPublication details: London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2006.Description: 266 pages ; 24 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780297848691 (hbk.)
- 0297848690 (hbk.)
- 0297851047 (pbk.)
| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fiction | Davis (Central) Library Fiction Collection | Fiction Collection | WAL | 1 | Available | T00432907 | ||
| Large Print | Davis (Central) Library Large Print | Large Print | WAL | 2 | Available | T00466810 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
It was supposed to be 'a lovely break'.
As their mutual friend Helena is the toast of Broadway, stand-up comedian Cissie O'Brien, who is the nation's darling with her popular television series, decides to take the beautiful and troubled actress Maggie Salt to New York to see her. But Maggie, a destructive whirlpool of a personality, is cracking up fast - 'out of her tree' - and on arrival she suddenly disappears into the freezing February night, no one knows where. As the search for their friend continues, dangerous cracks occur in the lifelong relationships of Cissie, Helena and her stoic husband Mark. Helena has always been utterly self-centred and now Cissie, haunted by the tabloid outing of her relationship with her lover Jenny back home, disappears too. Now, two of the closest of friends are lost separately somewhere in snowbound Manhattan. Meanwhile, Maggie has been rescued by a stranger, Michael, who offers her sanctuary of a highly ambiguous kind.
Julie Walters' dark and very funny first novel is as assured as her celebrated work for stage, television and the cinema. It is a brilliant debut.
"Maggie Salt, an extremely beautiful and troubled actress with a destructive whirlpool of a personality, is cracking up fast - she's 'out of her tree'. Her oldest friend, Cissie O'Brien, the stand-up comedienne and national darling, decides to take Maggie to see their mutual friend, Helena, who is now the toast of Broadway. But Maggie disappears into the freezing February night as soon as they arrive, no one knows where." "As the search for their friend continues, alarming divisions occur in the lifelong relationships of Cissie, Helena and her stoic husband Luke. Helena has always been utterly self-centred and now Cissie, haunted by the tabloid outing of her relationship with her lover Jenny back home in London, disappears too. So, two of the closest of friends are lost separately somewhere in snowbound Manhattan. Meanwhile, Maggie has been rescued by a stranger, Michael, who offers her sanctuary of a highly ambiguous kind."--BOOK JACKET.
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