Damaged Goods A Novel
Damaged Goods A Novel by Heather Sharfeddin, published by Bantam Books Trade Paperbacks in 2011, is a contemporary fiction work that explores the lives of two individuals grappling with their troubled pasts. The narrative centers on Hershel Swift, who, after an accident that erased his memories of the preceding days, returns to his job at an auction house. As he navigates the unwelcoming environment created by his colleagues and clients, he senses that dark secrets from his past threaten his journey toward redemption.
The story also follows Silvie Thorne, who finds herself stranded in Oregon while fleeing from a pursuer. When Hershel offers her assistance, she reluctantly accepts, revealing fragments of her own fractured history. As both characters confront their respective challenges, they become entwined in a dangerous situation involving a relentless adversary. With a page count of 288, this edition presents a psychological and romantic exploration of healing and connection amidst adversity.
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In this stirring new novel, Heather Sharfeddin reveals an unforgettable portrait of two people scarred by life and healed by each other.
Hershel Swift remembers nothing from the night of his accident, or the days leading up to it. Now, three months later, he’s back at work at his auction house, but the unsympathetic faces of his employees and customers tell the story of a man who has engendered much ill-will. Hershel can’t remember that man, or what he was doing on that dark road the night he crashed. But he senses sinister secrets waiting to destroy the better person he’s trying to become.
Silvie Thorne is on the run when her car breaks down in Oregon. When Hershel offers a hand, she has no choice but to grab it. She itches to keep moving, to lose the sheriff who must, by now, be after her—and the lockbox in her possession. Forced to stay put, Silvie shares with Hershel something of her own shattered past. But even as they struggle to put their lives back together, Silvie and Hershel are being thrust into the sights of a desperate and vicious man.
With lyrical, atmospheric prose, Heather Sharfeddin depicts ordinary people in the grip of mythic tragedy. This novel is every bit as electrifying as her acclaimed earlier works Sweetwater Burning and Windless Summer.
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