When she is nine-years-old, Louise Kirk's mother disappears, leaving a note that reads only--and incorrectly--"Louise knows how to work the washing machine." It is not long before a strange couple and their adopted son, Abel, move in across the street. Louise quickly grows close with the exotic Mrs. Richter, but saves her stronger, more lasting affections for Mrs. Richter's intelligent son. From this childhood friendship evolves a love that will bind Louise and Abel forever, and though Abel moves away and Louise matures into adulthood, her attachment grows dangerously, fiercely fixed.
Biografie
Barbara Gowdy, geb. 1950, lebt in Toronto. Sie studierte Theaterwissenschaft und Musik, arbeitete erst als Lektorin in einem Literaturverlag, später frei für verschiedene Zeitungen und das Fernsehen.§