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A stranger stirs up a woman's buried memories in this psychological mystery.
Daisy Summers. The name sounds vaguely familiar to the bored woman staying in a Switzerland hotel for her health. The man who uttered Daisy's name insists the woman knew her. They were friends, cousins perhaps. He saw them interact at a luncheon many years ago. Before Daisy's tragic death.
Who is Daisy Summers? A girl from a woman's past, long forgotten? Or a haunting memory that she cannot escape?
"A wholly entrancing narrative. . . . Kohler has a fine ear for truth and untruth and the musical possibilities of their interplay." —J. M. Coetzee, Nobel Prize–winning author
"Once in a while a novel appears which stands out. . . . The Perfect Place is such a book . . . convincing as case history, and an engrossing entertainment." — The Sunday Times
Daisy Summers. The name sounds vaguely familiar to the bored woman staying in a Switzerland hotel for her health. The man who uttered Daisy's name insists the woman knew her. They were friends, cousins perhaps. He saw them interact at a luncheon many years ago. Before Daisy's tragic death.
Who is Daisy Summers? A girl from a woman's past, long forgotten? Or a haunting memory that she cannot escape?
"A wholly entrancing narrative. . . . Kohler has a fine ear for truth and untruth and the musical possibilities of their interplay." —J. M. Coetzee, Nobel Prize–winning author
"Once in a while a novel appears which stands out. . . . The Perfect Place is such a book . . . convincing as case history, and an engrossing entertainment." — The Sunday Times
A stranger stirs up a woman's buried memories in this psychological mystery.
Daisy Summers. The name sounds vaguely familiar to the bored woman staying in a Switzerland hotel for her health. The man who uttered Daisy's name insists the woman knew her. They were friends, cousins perhaps. He saw t...
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Sheila Kohler was born in Johannesburg, South Africa. Upon matriculation at seventeen, she left for Europe. Kohler lived for fifteen years in Paris, where she got married and completed an undergraduate degree in literature at the Sorbonne and a graduate degree in psychology at the Institut Catholique. After raising her three children, she moved to the United States in 1981 and earned an MFA in writing at Columbia.
Kohler has taught at The Writer's Voice, SUNY Purchase, Sarah Lawrence, Colgate, CCNY, Bennington, Columbia, and Princeton.
Kohler has taught at The Writer's Voice, SUNY Purchase, Sarah Lawrence, Colgate, CCNY, Bennington, Columbia, and Princeton.
Sheila Kohler was born in Johannesburg, South Africa. Upon matriculation at seventeen, she left for Europe. Kohler lived for fifteen years in Paris, where she got married and completed an undergraduate degree in literature at the Sorbonne and a graduate degree in psychology at the Institut Cathol...
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