# Trespass

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- Book: [Trespass](https://www.bookquiver.com/valerie-martin/trespass) ([Trespass.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/valerie-martin/trespass.md))
- Authors: [Valerie Martin](https://www.bookquiver.com/valerie-martin)
- Publisher: w_n
- ISBN: 978-07-5382-403-0
- Published: 2008-07-10
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

'A compelling, wonderfully observed study of families and the histories from which they evolve ... a strikingly resonant and emotive novel' TIME OUT 'Serene echoes of Ian McEwan's SATURDAY' FINANCIAL TIMES 'Mesmerizing ... a war novel that gives you a glimpse of what war might really mean ... Trespass revels in truth' WASHINGTON POST Toby and Salome are a young, modern couple living in New York, but their backgrounds are world apart. He is a middle-class all-American boy from a family of academics; she is a Croatian refugee raised in New Orleans. When Salome unexpectedly becomes pregnant, they decide to spend their lives together and hastily marry. But finding a way to reconcile their families and pasts proves a difficult task. Toby's mother's deep-seated mistrust of Salome causes tension, leaving her unable to accept her new daughter-in-law. But Salome' s past, full of dangerous secrets, is more horrifying than any of them could imagine - and the violence that destroyed her homeland is far from over...