02879cam a2200301 4500 254486264 TxAuBib 20160305120000.0 ||||||s2016||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780802190314 0802190316 B0163BZ34C Amazon b2e81ef0-315a-43ed-b102-1c347ec45f87 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 2399374 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Leon, Donna. The Waters of Eternal Youth [Libby eBook]. Grove/Atlantic, Inc., 2016. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 2446kB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read, Filesize: 2446kB. HTML:<p>In Donna Leon's Commissario Guido Brunetti series, the Venetian inspector has been called on to investigate many things, from shocking to petty crimes. But in <i>The Waters of Eternal Youth</i>, the 25th novel in this celebrated series, Brunetti finds himself drawn into a case that may not be a case at all.<br /> Fifteen years ago, a teenage girl fell into a canal late at night. Unable to swim, she went under and started to drown, only surviving thanks to a nearby man, an alcoholic, who heard her splashes and pulled her out, though not before she suffered irreparable brain damage that left her in a state of permanent childhood, unable to learn or mature. The drunk man claimed he saw her thrown into the canal by another man, but the following day he couldn't remember a thing.<br /> Now, at a fundraising dinner for a Venetian charity, a wealthy and aristocratic patroness—the girl's grandmother—asks Brunetti if he will investigate. Brunetti's not sure what to do. If a crime was committed, it would surely have passed the statute of limitations. But out of a mixture of curiosity, pity, and a willingness to fulfill the wishes of a guilt-wracked older woman, who happens to be his mother-in-law's best friend, he agrees.<br /> Brunetti soon finds himself unable to let the case rest, if indeed there is a case. Awash in the rhythms and concerns of contemporary Venetian life, from historical preservation, to housing, to new waves of African migrants, and the haunting story of a woman trapped in a damaged perpetual childhood, <i>The Waters of Eternal Youth</i> is another wonderful addition to this series.</p>. Fiction. Mystery. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2016-03-04 20:00:02. http://camellia.lib.overdrive.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=b2e81ef0-315a-43ed-b102-1c347ec45f87 http://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=b2e81ef0-315a-43ed-b102-1c347ec45f87&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) http://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=b2e81ef0-315a-43ed-b102-1c347ec45f87&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)