Where or When?

by Anita Shreve

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Synopsis

When Charles Callahan chances on a newspaper photograph of Sian Richards, a woman he loved when they were both only thirteen, he is hardly in a position to do anything about it. He has been faithfully married for years and his Rhode Island real estate business has been hit hard by the recession. He is scrambling to stave off bankruptcy and save his house. But Charles cannot resist the hand of fate. He writes to Sian, now a poet living with a family of her own on a farm in upstate New York. Three decades after they last saw each other, the two lovers meet. Powerfully drawn together once again, Charles and Sian are forced to come to terms with the nature of erotic love and betrayal, moral quandaries in an age of shifting values, and the elusive nature of time. Struggling to reclaim what once they lost, they set in motion a passionate and tumultuous series of events that moves to a shocking conclusion.

Book details

Published
01/12/1994

Publisher
Abacus

ISBN
9780349105857



Publisher and industry reviews

Jacket review

'Anita Shreve has a knack for wry observation and for capturing the agony of emotion' DAILY TELEGRAPH; 'Shreve handles her characters with a great deal of compassion, and the ending is genuinely moving' SUNDAY TIMES; 'Offers the reader all the eroticism of a D. H. Lawrence novel. WHERE OR WHEN is more than just an exquisitely written novel. It is also a gripping yarn' NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW

UK Kirkus review

A story of obsessive love, by the author of 'Eden Close' and 'Strange Fits of Passion'. When they were 13, Charles and Sian knew each other briefly at summer camp. Thirty-one years later, both married with children, Sian publishes a volume of poetry and Charles contacts her. They begin a passionate affair. (Kirkus UK)

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