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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 Trade Size / e-Book (reprint)
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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 thatβs all the women have in common. After two years, Cassieβs 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 Margaretβs toddler son. But as the hours pass, Cassieβs boredom and frustration turn to fear: Why isnβt Margaret answering her phone? Soon Cassie begins to question not only her friendβs whereabouts but also her own role in Margaretβs 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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