Título: The Day the Falls Stood Still
Autor: Cathy Marie Buchanan
Sinopse: Steeped in the intriguing history of Niagara Falls, this epic love story is as rich, spellbinding, and majestic as the falls themselves.1915. The dawn of the hydroelectric power era in Niagara Falls. Seventeen-year-old Bess Heath has led a sheltered existence as the youngest daughter of the director of the Niagara Power Company. After graduation day at her boarding school, she is impatient to return to her picturesque family home near Niagara Falls. But when she arrives, nothing is as she had left it. Her father has lost his job at the power company, her mother is reduced to taking in sewing from the society ladies she once entertained, and Isabel, her vivacious older sister, is a shadow of her former self. She has shut herself in her bedroom, barely eating--and harboring a secret.The night of her return, Bess meets Tom Cole by chance on a trolley platform. She finds herself inexplicably drawn to him--against her family's strong objections. He is not from their world. Rough-hewn and fearless, he lives off what the river provides and has an uncanny ability to predict the whims of the falls. His daring river rescues render him a local hero and cast him as a threat to the power companies that seek to harness the power of the falls for themselves. As their lives become more fully entwined, Bess is forced to make a painful choice between what she wants and what is best for her family and her future.Set against the tumultuous backdrop of Niagara Falls, at a time when daredevils shot the river rapids in barrels and great industrial fortunes were made and lost as quickly as lives disappeared, The Day the Falls Stood Still is an intoxicating debut novel.
Contexto da obra
Quando a classificação é mais ampla, o contexto do livro costuma depender ainda mais de autoria, tema e edição. “The Day the Falls Stood Still”, de Cathy Marie Buchanan, publicado pela editora Hutchinson, em 2010 e com 368 páginas, integra a categoria Livros Variados. Por isso, autoria, edição e tema acabam tendo ainda mais peso na forma de apresentar o livro.
Editora: Hutchinson
Páginas: 368
Ano: 2010
Edição:
Linguagem: pt_BR
ISBN: 9780091925956
ISBN13: 9780091925956
Sobre a editora
Os livros da editora Hutchinson apresentam narrativas que transitam entre o suspense tenso e a exploração histórica detalhada, com personagens que enfrentam dilemas morais e conflitos pessoais intensos. A experiência de leitura varia do thriller contemporâneo ambientado em mercados financeiros até histórias ambientadas em períodos históricos marcantes, como a Revolução Francesa, sempre com um ritmo que privilegia a tensão crescente e reviravoltas. O catálogo sugere um interesse por tramas que misturam intrigas, vingança e questões sociais, além de incursões em temas culturais e biográficos, com um tom que pode ser tanto dramático quanto reflexivo. Há obras que exploram ambientes urbanos complexos, enquanto outras mergulham em narrativas mais introspectivas e satíricas.
