Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #53771 in Books
• Published on: 2008-03-01
• Binding: Paperback
• 320 pages

Times Literary Supplement
It poses provocative and challenging questions and demands a response from the reader.

Clare Drewett, South Wales Argus
The novel's form both creates and deconstructs its own ambiguities leading to a fascinating read. Domestic in focus and epic in scope, Fault Lines is a captivating piece of storytelling.

Synopsis
Sol is a highly gifted six-year-old; his adoring mother believes he is destined for greatness. Yet he is also unsettling, chillingly un-childlike. He bears the same birthmark as his father, grandmother and great-grandmother had before him. When Sol and his family make an unexpected trip to Germany, terrible secrets start to emerge.Narrated by children in each generation of the family, "Fault Lines" traces their history back through the years, from California to New York, from Haifa to Toronto and Munich. As dormant family secrets are awakened, shock waves reverberate from a hidden past into a fragile present.Domestic in focus and epic in scope, "Fault Lines" is a vibrant, richly drawn and captivating piece of storytelling. It shows what can happen when past and present collide. Birthmarks are not all that can be passed down through a family line...