The light of Amsterdam : a novel /
Park, David, 1953-
The light of Amsterdam : a novel / David Park. - London ; New York : Bloomsbury, 2012. - 371 p. ; 23 cm.
Christmas approaches. Three sets of people make their way to Amsterdam... Alan, divorced, travels to Amsterdam to see a Bob Dylan concert - unaware that he will be accompanied by his troubled teenage son, Jack. Karen, a single mother, struggles to give her daughter the best wedding possible, working as a carer and cleaning offices. However, on the plane with her daughter's hen party, she'll question her life of sacrifices. Meanwhile middle-aged couple Marion and Richard are also on their way, celebrating Marion's birthday. But her anxieties over age, motherhood and desire influence a decision that could change the course of their marriage. And in Amsterdam their lives are transfigured as they encounter the complexities of love in a city that challenges what has gone before.
1408821362 1408825287 (trade pbk.) 1608197026 (hc.) 9781408821367 9781408825280 (trade pbk.) 9781608197026 (hc.)
2011042341
015995755 Uk
Life change events--Fiction.
Middle-aged persons--Travel--Netherlands--Amsterdam--Fiction.
Middle-aged persons--Northern Ireland--Belfast--Fiction.
Midlife crisis--Fiction.
Amsterdam (Netherlands)--Fiction.
Belfast (Northern Ireland)--Fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Psychological fiction.
Love stories.
The light of Amsterdam : a novel / David Park. - London ; New York : Bloomsbury, 2012. - 371 p. ; 23 cm.
Christmas approaches. Three sets of people make their way to Amsterdam... Alan, divorced, travels to Amsterdam to see a Bob Dylan concert - unaware that he will be accompanied by his troubled teenage son, Jack. Karen, a single mother, struggles to give her daughter the best wedding possible, working as a carer and cleaning offices. However, on the plane with her daughter's hen party, she'll question her life of sacrifices. Meanwhile middle-aged couple Marion and Richard are also on their way, celebrating Marion's birthday. But her anxieties over age, motherhood and desire influence a decision that could change the course of their marriage. And in Amsterdam their lives are transfigured as they encounter the complexities of love in a city that challenges what has gone before.
1408821362 1408825287 (trade pbk.) 1608197026 (hc.) 9781408821367 9781408825280 (trade pbk.) 9781608197026 (hc.)
2011042341
015995755 Uk
Life change events--Fiction.
Middle-aged persons--Travel--Netherlands--Amsterdam--Fiction.
Middle-aged persons--Northern Ireland--Belfast--Fiction.
Midlife crisis--Fiction.
Amsterdam (Netherlands)--Fiction.
Belfast (Northern Ireland)--Fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Psychological fiction.
Love stories.