Wasteland

Overview

An exquisite novel about the consequences of who we choose to love.

Lex and his sister, Marina, are inseparable. The air they share has always been light and boundless, but suddenly it's weighted down. And now Lex is gone. When the one relationship that cradled her turns out to shatter her sense of self, Marina needs her friend West to help put the pieces back together. But Marina won't feel truly complete until she faces the past that is haunting her.

Highly acclaimed and award-winning author Francesca Lia Block tells the tale of a brother and sister whose loving relationship is too intense for them to bear. With the sensitivity and refinement that Block is known for, she manages to weave together her characters and their lives into this beautiful and thought-provoking tale.

Editorial Reviews

Teenaged Marina must come to terms with her brother's death. In a starred review, PW called this novel "a picture-perfect vision of mid-1970s Los Angeles, shimmering with magical realism and delicately overlaid with allusions to T.S. Eliot's The Waste Land." Ages 12-up. (Sept.) Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information. -- PUBLISHERS WEEKLY.

Author Information

Bio of Francesca Lia Block

Francesca Lia Block is the award-winning, bestselling author of numerous books. Her work has been translated into many languages. She is the recipient of the Margaret A. Edwards Lifetime Achievement Award. Ms. Block lives with her children in Los Angeles.

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Additional Info

Imprint

HarperCollins Publishers

Filesize

433.57 KB

Number of Pages

160

eBook ISBN

9780061658914