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Ruins - by Amy Taylor (Hardcover)

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Highlights

  • A simmering, provocative novel about a couple whose affair with a young Greek woman over the course of a summer in Athens threatens to crack their relationship wide open.
  • About the Author: Amy Taylor is a writer based in Naarm/Melbourne.
  • 256 Pages
  • Fiction + Literature Genres, Women

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A simmering, provocative novel about a couple whose affair with a young Greek woman over the course of a summer in Athens threatens to crack their relationship wide open.

At a crossroads in their lives, a couple arrives in Greece to house-sit for a friend. Emma is searching for a meaningful next step beyond work or motherhood, and Julian is struggling to come to terms with the failure of his academic career. Their visions for the future seem to be pulling them in different directions, and they hope that this summer away will help them to mend their frayed connection.

But Emma and Julian's plans take an unexpected turn when they meet Lena, an enigmatic young Greek woman, who presents an opportunity for them to explore their relationship in uncharted and excitingly risky ways. However, as sultry nights turn to oppressive days, Emma and Julian become far more entangled in Lena's life than they'd bargained for. Engaged in a struggle for control, the three of them are suddenly faced with consequences far greater--and far more explosive--than they could have predicted.

Voyeuristic and thrilling, Ruins delivers the drama of a modern Greek tragedy as it exposes the tensions between privilege and power, desire and intimacy.



About the Author



Amy Taylor is a writer based in Naarm/Melbourne. She is the author of Search History, which was shortlisted for the Readings Prize for New Fiction and named as one of the Guardian's Top Australian Books for 2023.
Dimensions (Overall): 8.25 Inches (H) x 5.5 Inches (W) x .72 Inches (D)
Weight: .92 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 256
Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres
Sub-Genre: Women
Publisher: Dial Press
Format: Hardcover
Author: Amy Taylor
Language: English
Street Date: August 12, 2025
TCIN: 94306275
UPC: 9780593595602
Item Number (DPCI): 247-47-1361
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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Estimated ship dimensions: 0.72 inches length x 5.5 inches width x 8.25 inches height
Estimated ship weight: 0.92 pounds
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