Disobedience

First UK edition. 8vo. Pp. [viii], 273, [1]. Grey cloth boards, lettered in silver to spine; pearl-grey endpapers.

Author's fourth novel. When 17-year-old Henry Shaw stumbles upon his mother's e-mail account and finds evidence of her infidelity, he is unable to resist becoming an electronic eavesdropper. A novel that explores adolescent angst, the dynamics of desire and the deep bonds that bind families together.

Author's first book, The Book of Ruth (1988), won the PEN/Ernest Hemingway Award and was a selection of the Oprah Book Club. Her second novel, A Map of the World (1994), was also a selection of the Oprah Book Club and an international bestseller. Her third, The Short History of a Prince, was a Publishers Weekly Best Book of 1998. "Wonderful. Her finest novel yet." –Chicago Tribune