Anticipation
By: Tanya Moir
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Auckland, New Zealand
Language: eng
Number of pages: 254
ISBN-13: 9781775532019
Subjects: Families; Fiction; Genealogy
Description: "Janine's mother had an obsession: her ancestry. But what she uncovered was a colourful assortment of characters and their penchant for cruelty and abuse. When her mother dies, Janine continues the genealogical search. She buys a run-down house on a tiny island, where she sits and writes up the stories of her forebears, worrying whether the damaging genes have been passed on. Meanwhile the builder, Jake, is erecting a jetty for her, and it is his presence, along with Janine's discovery about her grandfather, that might offer her hope of redemption"--Publisher information.