false 43266901 86141 6867 038572179X 9780385721790 5875 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255824310m/6867.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255824310s/6867.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6867.Atonement 3.71 39488
On a hot summer day in 1935, thirteen-year-old Briony Tallis witnesses a moment s flirtation between her older sister, Cecilia, and Robbie Turner, the son of a servant and Cecilia s childhood friend. But Briony s incomplete grasp of adult motives together with her precocious literary gifts brings about a crime that will change all their lives. As it follows that crime s repercussions through the chaos and carnage of World War II and into the close of the twentieth century, Atonement engages the reader on every conceivable level, with an ease and authority that mark it as a genuine masterpiece.]]> 2408 3.61 78789 12137 2001 0 0 false Tue Jul 21 00:23:13 -0700 2009 Fri Jan 16 12:54:03 -0800 2009 Tue Jul 21 00:23:13 -0700 2009