Age of Consent - Hardcover

Greenberg, Joanne

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Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0805005420 ISBN 13: 9780805005424

Publisher: Henry Holt & Co, 1987

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After Daniel Sanborn, a saintly and enigmatic plastic surgeon, is murdered, his sister Vivian searches for the truth about her adopted brother's life

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From Publishers Weekly:

With lucidity, compassion and suspense, Greenberg (I Never Promised You a Rose Garden) addresses confounding issues: Can "a living saint" internationally known for his altruism actually be an utterly cold human being? Are some personalities so intricate that they defy comprehension? Should the fallibilities of great men, however glaring, be forgiven in light of their uncommon heroism? These dilemmas confront Vivian Sanborn Eitzer in 1980 on the death of her esteemed brother, Dr. Daniel Sanborn, ambushed while traveling with the Archbishop of Malaga. An affluent, sheltered New York widow, Vivian had idolized Daniel, who ventured to the world's most ravaged countries to perform reconstructive facial surgery on children. But as she probes this aloof, revered man's life, Vivian makes shocking discoveries. Several nuns return from their service with Daniel in states of physical and emotional disintegration; one man cannot speak of Daniel without sobbing uncontrollably; scarcely anyone offers a significant personal insight about him. Chilling questions arise: Why did Daniel bequeath money to a repugnantly vulgar comedian, and was Daniel, not the Archbishop, the assassins' real target? Greenberg portrays every character, especially Vivian, with subtlety and grace. Without being judgmental, she illumines the awesome complexity of those in whom admirable qualities co-exist with terrible flaws.
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From Library Journal:

A failed attempt on the life of the Archbishop of Malaga kills Dr. Daniel Sanborn, internationally renowned plastic surgeon capable of miraculous restorations among the war-torn and disaster-ridden outreaches of the world. Trying to work through her grief, his adoptive sister Vivian sets herself a quest to learn more about this talented, distant man she has always, and yet never, known. Contacts with his former assistants deepen the enigma, but at last the pieces fall into place and Vivian gains a truer knowledge not only of Daniel, but of herself. Strong characterizations and a tightly woven plot highlight another success for the author of I Never Promised You a Rose Garden . Judith A. Gifford, Salve Regina Coll. Lib., Newport, R.I.
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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