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Dec 23, 2021 · Melanie Finn was born and raised in Kenya and the US. She is author of four critically acclaimed "literary thrillers," Away From You (2004), The Gloaming (2016), The Underneath (2018) and The Hare (2021).
Melanie Finn is a critically-acclaimed author behind the books The Hare, The Gloaming, and The Underneath.
Apr 19, 2021 · Melanie Finn is the author of the novels Away From You, The Gloaming, The Underneath, and The Hare. The Gloaming was a New York Times Notable Book of 2016 and a finalist for both the Vermont Book Award and The Guardian’s “Not the Booker” Prize.
Mar 12, 2014 · Melanie Finn. 3.83. 1,544 ratings259 reviews. Pilgrim's husband left her for another woman, stranding her in a Swiss town where she is involved in an accident that leaves three children dead. Cleared of responsibility though overcome with guilt, she absconds to Africa, befriending a series of locals each with their own tragic past.
Aug 5, 2004 · Away from You is clearly autobiographical, based on Finn’s upbringing in Kenya as a privileged, wealthy white girl raised by a black nanny and a host of other exploited house servants. Against this background, the narrator and central character, Ellie Cameron, is abused by her alcoholic, violent father.
Jan 26, 2021 · January 29, 2021 at 9:00 a.m. EST. Over the course of three novels, Melanie Finn has taken readers to settings as far-flung as picturesque Swiss towns and rural Tanzania. In her...
Sep 30, 2016 · Melanie Finn’s second novel, “The Gloaming,” sends prosperous Westerners to eerie, treacherous Africa. Miraculously, Finn avoids every cliché about first- versus third-world problems.
