Amity Gaige: Sea Wife
Sea Wife
Buch
- Little, Brown Book Group, 07/2021
- Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-13: 9780349726526
- Bestellnummer: 10368807
- Umfang: 288 Seiten
- Gewicht: 230 g
- Maße: 196 x 126 mm
- Stärke: 24 mm
- Erscheinungstermin: 1.7.2021
Achtung: Artikel ist nicht in deutscher Sprache!
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Klappentext
'An immersive pleasure. Amity Gaige captivates us, tricks us and transports us' Amy BloomWhen Michael informs his wife Juliet that he is leaving his job and buying a sailboat, she is taken aback. And when he proposes they and their two young children take a year-long voyage, she is deeply apprehensive. But Michael is persuasive, and eventually she agrees to his plan.
Initially, the experience is transformative: their marriage is given a gust of energy, and each of them is affected by the beauty and wildness of the sea. But slowly, the voyage begins to unravel.
Sea Wife is a gripping novel about marriage, family and love in a time of unprecedented turmoil. It is unforgettable in its power and astonishingly perceptive in its portrayal of optimism, disillusionment and survival.
'Stunning . . . Gaige [tows] you to tragedy with the graceful crawl of a poet and the motorboat intensity of a suspense author' New York Times Book Review
'A smart, pacy and affecting book' Daily Mail
Biografie
Amity Gaige wurde 1972 geboren. Ihre Erzählungen, Essays und Kritiken erscheinen in führenden amerikanischen Zeitungen und Zeitschriften wie der "Los Angeles Times", der "New York Times" und der "Literary Review". Amity Gaige lebt mit ihrer Familie in Connecticut. Amity Gaige
Sea Wife
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