Summary
THE SECRETS OF the past meet the shocks of the present. Aslaug is an unusual young woman. Her mother has brought her up in near isolation, teaching her about plants and nature and language—but not about life. Especially not how she came to have her own life, and who her father might be. When Aslaug‘s mother dies unexpectedly, everything changes. For Aslaug is a suspect in her mother’s death. And the more her story unravels, the more questions unfold. About the nature of Aslaug‘s bir…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780375851773 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0375851771 |
| Author: | Christina Meldrum |
| Publisher: | Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers |
| Imprint: | Alfred A. Knopf |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 410 |
| Release Date: | 15 April 2010 |
| Weight: | 399g |
| Dimensions: | 22mm x 141mm x 203mm |
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Critics Review
Starred Review, Booklist, April 1, 2008: “There is much to ponder in this enthralling achievement from a debut author.” Starred Review, Kirkus Reviews, May 1, 2008: “With this spellbinding debut, Meldrum marks herself as an author to watch.”
Review, Vanity Fair, June 2008: “In debut novelist Christina Meldrum’s mesmerizing literary mystery MADAPPLE (Knopf), the worlds of science and faith collide.”
Starred Review, Publisher’s Weekly, May 26, 2008: “Audiences will need some intellectual mettle for the densely seeded ideas, but they won’t be able to stop reading.”
Starred Review, School Library Journal, July 2008: “[A] riveting and mind-opening experience.”
About The Author
Christina Meldrum
Christina Meldrum received her Bachelor of Arts in religious studies and political science from the University of Michigan. After working in grassroots development in Africa, she earned her Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School. She has worked for the International Commission of Jurists in Geneva, Switzerland, and as a litigator at the law firm of Shearman & Sterling. She currently lives in the–>San Francisco Bay Area with her family and is on the advisory board of Women of the World Investments.
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