Journal: The Short Life and Mysterious Death of Amy Zoe Mason - Hardcover

Atkinson, Joyce; Atkinson, Kristine

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0743290380 ISBN 13: 9780743290388

Publisher: Simon & Schuster, 2006

Synopsis

In Journal, Kristine Atkinson and Joyce Atkinson conjure the voyeuristic appeal of finding a stranger's diary, then becoming transfixed with the secrets contained within. These pages belong to artist, wife, and mother Amy Zoe Mason, whose riveting storytelling relies equally on visual and verbal clues.

Using an old book as her canvas, Amy layers words, collages, newspaper clippings, and emails into a personal narrative that at first feels familiar, until the sense of alarm begins to build. Readers will find themselves scouring the pages for missed hints and important evidence , compelled to interpret the signs.

About this title

About the Author:

Sisters, Kristine Atkinson and Joyce Atkinson are mild-mannered artists who have a mind for murder. They live in Houston, Texas.

Sisters, Kristine Atkinson and Joyce Atkinson are mild-mannered artists who have a mind for murder. They live in Houston, Texas.

From Publishers Weekly:

This tantalizing "found" journal of a troubled young wife and mother combines the diary of Amy Mason, correspondence, clippings from newspaper accounts and remnants of the 19th-century novel Amy used instead of a blank notebook to frame the story of her disintegrating marriage. Amy's husband, Robert, moves to Boston to head a new cardiology institute, but Amy and her two small children remain behind in Houston, planning to follow later. As the relocation process drags on, Robert throws himself into his new responsibilities and Amy fights a deepening depression. She finds a new friend in her Houston real estate agent, Vanessa Garamond, but the beautiful Vanessa provokes Amy's suspicions with an unannounced trip to Boston. Sisters Kristine and Joyce Atkinson only hint at the occurrence of a crime, and readers will have to draw their own conclusions from the open-ended assemblage of visual and textual clues. Traditional mystery readers may want a more definitive story, but amateur scrapbookers will find inspiration in this collage.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0743290380
• ISBN 13: 9780743290388
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 160