Delivery included to the United States

The Caretaker

The Caretaker

1st paperback ed

Paperback (07 Nov 2024)

Save $2.54

  • RRP $13.41
  • $10.87
Add to basket

Includes delivery to the United States

10+ copies available online - Usually dispatched within 7 days

free Reserve & collect

Copies available at Blackwell's Oxford Broad Street

Reserve in Store |  Check stock elsewhere

Publisher's Synopsis

'One of the great American authors at work today' New York Times

ONE OF THE NEW YORKER'S BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR

It is 1951. The close-knit community of Blowing Rock, North Carolina, does not welcome those who are different.

Jacob Hampton's wealthy parents disinherited him when he married Naomi, an uneducated hotel maid. Now Jacob has been called up to fight in Korea, leaving a pregnant Naomi behind. The only person he can trust to take care of her is his lifelong friend, Blackburn Gant. Blackburn, who tends the local cemetery, is an outsider too, his appearance irrevocably altered by childhood disease.

Slowly the two outcasts grow closer and as they await news of Jacob's return, a terrible, shattering act of deception derails all their lives. But no secret can stay hidden for ever.

Tender and luminous with truth, The Caretaker is a riveting story about the bonds of friendship, the contradictions of family and what it really means to love.

Book information

ISBN: 9781837260027
Publisher: Canongate Books
Imprint: Canongate
Pub date:
Edition: 1st paperback ed
DEWEY: 813.6
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 252
Weight: 188g
Height: 198mm
Width: 130mm
Spine width: 17mm