Mapping the Edge: A Novel
by Sarah Dunant
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Author: Sarah DunantEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2002-02-12
ISBN: 0375758615
Number of pages: 320
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
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Book Review: 2.5 Stars - What a tease!
Summary: 2 Stars
Anna, the novel's main character, is a thirty nine year old single mother living in England and writing for an area paper. Feeling that she has lost some of the more spontaneous and sensuous aspects of her life to career and motherhood, Anna places a want ad in the singles section of the local newspaper and decides to write an article about the experience. She connects with a married man and the two soon start an affair that turns out to be much more. Anna's new lover invites her to rendezvous in Italy where the two take in the romantic art and history of the area while satisfying their sexual appetite for each other. While in Italy, Anna learns of her new lovers true intentions and falls prey to another man's fantasies.
Meanwhile, Anna's delayed return from Italy causes great concern on the home front. As her best friends become more alarmed about her delay, they contact the police to report her as missing. While the police investigate, the best friends become consumed with trying to understand Anna's motives while trying to keep things as normal as possible for her six year old daughter, Lily. At what point should the best friends start to move on with life without Anna? What is it like to have a best friend disappear? Who assumes responsibility for the child? These are a few of the issues that Dunant tries to address while peeling away at the psychological underpinnings that motivate Anna's actions.
One review of "Mapping the Edge" purports it to be "Very smart . . . a riveting thriller." I found that the novel hovered at the very edge of a great thriller but never fully engaged me. The pace was much slower than I like for a thriller and I didn't find the story very suspenseful at all. While the writing is proficient and the story has great potential, the two never come together to create a suspenseful or thrilling read. With that said, I must acknowledge that perhaps the reading experience may be different for women, who by personal experience may be better able to connect with Anna's circumstances. For those of us not in the know, the novel becomes one big tease of a thriller with its ending being the greatest letdown.
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