Book description
Misdirection, illusion, locked doors and old secrets - these are the
tools of the magician. What happens when they're used to escape from
real life?Rachel Lambert can escape from a Bohemian Torture Crib, but
she can't leave her marriage. 'You're stuck,' says the voice inside her
head. 'And you'll never get out.' Her whole life she's tried to be a
good girl - she considers others first and she's never missed a
deadline. Now her family's doing a vanishing act, her book on magic is a
year late to the publishers, and Rachel's losing her grip on reality.
She's even taken to fantasising about Harry Houdini in the grocery aisle
at the supermarket. Guido, her husband, is spending more and more time
with his star pupil, Silvia, and her daughter, Clara, has run off to
Italy, seeking independence and adventure. From Florence, Clara sends
news like mysterious puzzle pieces, forming a disturbing picture of
Guido's past and exploding her mother's illusions. Yet sometimes truth
is the key to freedom - and possibly our salvation... Anna Fienberg's
new novel is a wry and wrenchingly honest look at the pitfalls of
motherhood and modern marriage - and one woman's attempt to escape them.
Anna Fienberg has written more than forty well-loved books for children
and young adults. Since her first CBCA award in 1992 for The Magnificent
Nose and Other Marvels, she has gone on to win many others, including
the 1993 Victorian Premier's Prize for Ariel, Zed and the Secret of Life
and the 2000 CBCA Honour Award for Borrowed Light (selected as a 2001
American Library Association Best Book for Young Adults). Her
ever-popular Tashi series has been translated into 16 languages. She
lives in Sydney. Escape is her first book for adults.
