现货Ambition & Fate[9780999601402]

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作者Hicks, Steven J

出版社Steven J. Hicks

ISBN9780999601402

出版时间2018-01

装帧平装

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页数486页

正文语种英语

上书时间2024-04-01

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商品描述: Set against a southern California backdrop stretching from sacred burial grounds on an island off the Santa Barbara coast to the sprawling San Fernando Valley, AmbitionFate is a highly charged tale of greed, honor and hubris. Based on actual events in the author’s own young years, it is a novel that reads like a memoir rooted in truth, yet artful and unpredictable.Adam Spencer and Katherine Walker seem destined for one another he the bright, sincere, future doctor; she the spirited, green-eyed beauty trained to run her powerful father’s real estate empire. But they are soulmates in a sea of uncertainty, buffeted by the undercurrent of love found, then lost, then reawakened through a surprising connection.While Adam and Katherine’s story is the heart of the novel, it is fickle Nature that propels the narrative: Santa Ana winds, consuming fire and an unforgiving sea alter the familial and political landscape. Characters bring the tapestry to life: a longtime Simi Valley pioneer, a cantankerous but heart-of-gold Navy chief, a government official scheming to profit from California’s post-WWII housing boom, and vaqueros descended from displaced Chumash Indians. The events that bind this disparate cast become a crucible of character.Steinbeckian in tone, Faulkneresque in theme, AmbitionFate manages to be both lyrical and down-to-earth a very satisfying read!

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