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The tiger's wife, Téa Obreht

Label
The tiger's wife, Téa Obreht
Language
eng
Form of composition
not applicable
Format of music
not applicable
Literary text for sound recordings
fiction
Main title
The tiger's wife
Medium
sound recording audiobook CD
Responsibility statement
Téa Obreht
Summary
In a Balkan country mending from years of conflict, Natalia, a young doctor, arrives on a mission of mercy at an orphanage. By the time she begins to inoculate the children, she feels age-old secrets gathering everywhere around her. But Natalia is also confronting a private mystery : the inexplicable circumstances surrounding her grandfather's recent death. He set off for a settlement none of their family had ever heard of and died there alone. A famed physician, her grandfather must have known that he was too ill for travel. Why he left home becomes a riddle Natalia is compelled to unravel
Target audience
adult