Age of Consent

by Joanne Greenberg

A gifted plastic surgeon is gunned down by terrorists in a case of mistaken identity. His sister discovers that she never really knew him and begins a search for his identity. She is finally forced to... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0805005420
• ISBN13: 9780805005424
• Release Date: January 1987
• Publisher: Henry Holt & Company
• Length: 277 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.

Customer Reviews

a woman's psychological study of her mysterious brother

Joanne Greenberg, a master novelist, has written a suspenseful novel about a sister trying to unravel the mystery of her recently-killed brother's life - and personality. He is a world-famous "saint" of a plastic surgeon, traveling to remote corners of the war-torn world repairing the disfigured faces of burn victims, torture victims, and victims of birth defects - yet he is emotionally cold and distant from her, and seemingly from everyone. This contradiction is the essential tension of the book. I realized as this book progressed that this tale was all really a metaphor for the study of our own shadow side, our own internal contradictions, our own "good" sides that live right alongside our "bad" sides. I found it riveting - and could not put it down. Such a subject as this, in the hands of Joanne Greenberg, is nothing short of a pleasure. She does not disappoint! The book picks up pace throughout, turning into a galloping frenzy by the end. Aside from being an intricate and nuanced tale, it's a fascinating psychological study... Well worth the read.