Description
At a tuberculosis sanitarium in the Adirondacks, a young tutor falls in love with a mysterious woman who survived the Lusitania disaster.
"Bad Juliet will hold you in its grip from its opening pages, combining the pacing and twists of a thriller with the compelling characterizations and masterful prose of a writer at the top of his form." - Nino Ricci, award-winning author of The Origin of Species
Recently jilted by his fiancé, Paul Gascoyne takes a job as a tutor to the patients at the Trudeau Sanitarium in upstate New York. There, in the icebound beauty of the Adirondack Mountains, he finds himself drawn to Sarah Ballard, a beautiful but enigmatic young woman, traumatized by her past aboard the ill-fated ship Lusitania. To rouse her out of her gloom, Paul encourages her to write a memoir.
As Paul reads her words, it gradually becomes clear that Sarah's memories are a tangle of truth and fiction that he can't begin to unravel. And yet he cannot overcome his attraction to her. When a terrible relapse leaves Sarah worried that she has little time left, she begs Paul to be the one person in the world who will truly know her.
Author: Giles Blunt
Publisher: Dundurn Press
Published: 09/02/2025
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 8.35h x 5.43w x 0.87d
ISBN13: 9781459755727
ISBN10: 1459755723
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Historical | 20th Century | General
- Fiction | Literary
- Fiction | Psychological
"Bad Juliet will hold you in its grip from its opening pages, combining the pacing and twists of a thriller with the compelling characterizations and masterful prose of a writer at the top of his form." - Nino Ricci, award-winning author of The Origin of Species
Recently jilted by his fiancé, Paul Gascoyne takes a job as a tutor to the patients at the Trudeau Sanitarium in upstate New York. There, in the icebound beauty of the Adirondack Mountains, he finds himself drawn to Sarah Ballard, a beautiful but enigmatic young woman, traumatized by her past aboard the ill-fated ship Lusitania. To rouse her out of her gloom, Paul encourages her to write a memoir.
As Paul reads her words, it gradually becomes clear that Sarah's memories are a tangle of truth and fiction that he can't begin to unravel. And yet he cannot overcome his attraction to her. When a terrible relapse leaves Sarah worried that she has little time left, she begs Paul to be the one person in the world who will truly know her.
Author: Giles Blunt
Publisher: Dundurn Press
Published: 09/02/2025
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 8.35h x 5.43w x 0.87d
ISBN13: 9781459755727
ISBN10: 1459755723
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Historical | 20th Century | General
- Fiction | Literary
- Fiction | Psychological
About the Author
Giles Blunt grew up in North Bay, Ontario, before studying English Literature at the University of Toronto. The author of twelve novels, including the award-winning John Cardinal Mystery series, Blunt has more recently turned to literary fiction with Bad Juliet. He lives in Toronto.