Easter island by jennifer vanderbes

Slowly unearthing the islands haunting past, they are forced to confront turbulent discoveries about themselves and the people they love, changing their lives forever. Elsa pendleton travels from england to easter island with her husband and her sister. Vanderbes novel, easter island, was a recent selection of the book passage first editions club. Elsa pendleton travels from england to easter island with her husband, an anthropologist sent by the royal geographical society to study the colossal moai statues, and her younger sister. Mfa creative writing, university of iowa 2000 professor. Buy a cheap copy of easter island book by jennifer vanderbes.

Both women are curious and intelligent, and both experience betrayal and loss as well as true friendship and love. I knew that it was the most remote inhabited island in the world, and i knew it was famous for its enormous. Easter island is a 2003 historical novel by jennifer vanderbes. Why did you pick easter island as the backdrop for your story. Jennifer vanderbes has several stories going on at once in her 2003 novel easter island. What begins as familial duty for elsa becomes a grand adventure. In secret of raven point, jennifer vanderbes turns to a. Easter island ebook by jennifer vanderbes rakuten kobo.

Join two intrepid young women as they delve into the centuriesold m. Jennifer vanderbes mixes two love stories with a good helping of myth in her debut novel, easter island. It seems like no war has inspired more novels than world war ii, but jennifer vanderbess the secret of raven pointscribner is strikingly vivid, tackling wars moral ambiguities from the. A washington post and christian science monitor best book of the year a rich and worldly first novel. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading easter island. Easter island by jennifer vanderbes nook book ebook. What begins as familial duty becomes a grand adventure as she discovers her true calling. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. People magazine, critics choice one of those rare novels that appeals equally to mind, heart and soul. Easter island by jennifer vanderbes the last whale. Easter island by jennifer vanderbes weaving together a pair of remarkable stories, debut novelist jennifer vanderbes explores the realms of love and anger, trust and betrayal, through the eyes of two exceptional young women living nearly a century apart who journey to the most remote island in the world easter island. Easter island by jennifer vanderbes reading guidebook club. Jennifer vanderbes is the author of the novels the secret of raven point, easter island, and strangers at the feast, and is the recipient of numerous awards, including a guggenheim fellowship and a new york public library cullman fellowship. The centuriesold mysteries and haunting past of easter island become catalysts for the parallel quests of two young women, separated by 60 years of history as they confront discoveries about themselves and the people they love.

About easter island in this extraordinary fiction debutrich with love and betrayal, history and intellectual passiontwo remarkable narratives converge on easter island, one of the most remote places. The debut novel of jennifer vanderbes, easter island is a tale of two women from two different eras, both of who move to easter island to find refuge from their pasts. In this extraordinary fiction debut rich with love and betrayal, history and intellectual passion two remarkable narratives converge on easter island, one of the most remote places in the world. Strangers at the feast family conflict, fascinating social commentary, and a riveting plot converge in jennifer vanderbes stunning strangers at the feast, a thriller that also raises large and haunting questions about the. Jennifer vanderbes is the author of two previous books, the muchpraised easter island, part of which is set during world war i, and the wellplotted social commentary strangers at the. It also won her washington post book world and christian science monitor best book of 2003. Weaving together a pair of remarkable stories, debut novelist jennifer vanderbes explores the realms of love and anger, trust and betrayal. Having avoided detection by the allies for three months since the outbreak.

Easter island by jennifer vanderbes weaving together a pair of remarkable stories, debut novelist jennifer vanderbes explores the realms of love and anger, trust and betrayal, through the eyes of two exceptional young women living nearly a century apart who journey to the most remote island in the worldeaster island. Elsa pendleton travels from england to easter island with her husband, an anthropologist sent by the royal geographical society to study the colossal moai. Dec 01, 2016 jennifer vanderbes has been quite earnestly lauded for this debut novel of hers. Greer faraday, whose mission is to study the islands ecosystem in hopes of determining how plant life came to a seemingly barren island. In this extraordinary fiction debut rich with love and betrayal, history and intellectual passion two remarkable narratives converge on easter island, one of. Easter island by jennifer vanderbes berkeley heights public. Restrained passion and conflicted loyalties drive this sweeping debut novel, in which two women of different eras experience the mysteries of easter island.

Reading guide for easter island by jennifer vanderbes. Her first novel, easter island, was named a best book of 2003 by the washington post and christian science monitor and was translated into 16 languages. Contact the library for registration and additional details. Elsa pendleton, an english woman who travels to easter. Her writing has appeared in the new york times, the wall street journal, the washington post, and granta and has been translated into sixteen languages. Easter island by jennifer vanderbes trade paper for sale. Although elsa, a young englishwoman, loves a german man she has met, he has inconveniently returned to germany and she doesnt know when, or even if, she will see him again. I gathered she has written quite a lot of nonfiction on the subject of botany. Jun 15, 2003 the decisive moment for germanys fleet in the great war was, indisputably, its illtimed arrival at the falkland islands. Jennifer vanderbes is the author of the novels easter island and strangers at the feast, and is the recipient of numerous awards, including a guggenheim fellowship and a new york public library cullman fellowship. A faraway land steeped in mystery the new york times. With its implausibly huge sculptures and indecipherable tablets, easter island remains an enigma.

Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read easter island. Buy easter island by jennifer vanderbes online at alibris. Jennifer vanderbes author of the secret of raven point. Easter island 2003 by vanderbes jennifer 0316861979 for sale. Easter island by jennifer vanderbes overdrive rakuten. Jun 03, 2003 in parallel narratives, vanderbes describes the movements of a german naval fleet pursued by british warships, which anchored off and perhaps visited easter islandand also the 1973 journey of dr. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Tolkienname of the wind by patrick rothfuss count of monte cristo by alexandre dumas.

While at yale, she began writing for the yale daily news and was featured on cbs evening news for her investigation into a suspicious egg donor agency that was then closed down due to her reporting. A story about two journeys of transformation, forgiveness, and, ultimately, redemption, easter island is a powerful debut and a wonderfully intriguing book to discuss. A thorough read of this always complex and sometimes dissatisfying book reveals that vanderbes chose that title carefully. The questions, discussion topics, and author biography that follow are intended to enhance your reading of jennifer vanderbes easter island. Foreign rights to easter island have been sold in 14 countries, including england, spain, and france. Slowly unearthing the island s haunting past, they are forced to confront turbulent discoveries about themselves and the people they love, changing their lives forever. Ba english literature, yale university 1996 university. Dec 14, 2003 jennifer vanderbes travel article on trip to easter island. Easter island is a double helix of a novel that intertwines two gripping stories of exploration and betrayal. Set in both 19 and sometime near the end of the twentieth century, it follows two women, one from each time period, who travel to easter island with different prospects. Her forthcoming nonfiction book, the gatekeeper, is about the thalidomide scandal of the 1960s. Easter island is a tourdeforce of storytelling that will establish vanderbes as a most gifted writer. Easter island king county library system overdrive.