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THE CONFUSION OF LANGUAGES
By: Siobhan Fallon
G.P. Putnam's Sons
June 2018
On Sale: June 5, 2018
336 pages
ISBN: 039957641X
EAN: 9780399576416
Kindle: B01M7R32BW
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Women's Fiction Contemporary
From the award-winning author of You Know When the Men are Gone comes a searing debut novel about jealousy, the unpredictable path of friendship, and the secrets kept in marriage. Two women far from home. One terrible misunderstanding. Both Cassie Hugo and Margaret Brickshaw dutifully followed their soldier husbands to the U.S. embassy in Jordan, but thatโs all the women have in common. After two years, Cassieโs an expert on the rules, but newly arrived Margaret sees only her chance to explore. So when a fender-bender sends Margaret to the local police station, Cassie reluctantly agrees to watch Margaretโs toddler son. But as the hours pass, Cassieโs boredom and frustration turn to fear: Why isnโt Margaret answering her phone? Soon Cassie begins to question not only her friendโs whereabouts but also her own role in Margaretโs disappearance. Set within the U.S. expat community of the Middle East during the rise of the Arab Spring, The Confusion of Languages plunges readers into a shattering collision between two women and two worlds, affirming Siobhan Fallon as a powerful voice in American fiction and a storyteller not to be missed.
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