The last resort
a novel
1st Owl Books ed.
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Word Count
76,000 words, Guess
Page Count
304 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivelastresortnovel0000luri
- Internet Archivelastresortnovel0000luri_y5d2
- ISBN-100805061746
- ISBN-139780805061741
- Goodreads397792
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- LibraryThing118119
- Library of Congress Control Number97042985
- OCLC Control Number41560798
- Better World Books9780805061741
- Open LibraryOL22368257M
Classifications
- LCCPS3562.U7 L37 1999
Description
Like a loyal Victorian wife, Jenny has devoted her life to her much older husband, the famous writer and naturalist Wilkie Walker, bringing up their children and researching and editing his best-selling books. But this year, as winter approaches, Wilkie is increasingly depressed and withdrawn. At her wit's end, Jenny persuades him to visit Key West, the Last Resort. Within weeks of their arrival Jenny not only has a part-time job but is becoming involved with assorted local characters, including Gerry, an ex-beatnik poet, and Lee, the dramatically attractive manager of a women-only guesthouse. Wilkie, meanwhile, is planning his own "accidental" death by drowning--a task that turns out to be more difficult than he thought--and trying to avoid the attentions of a breathless young female fan.
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