Amity Gaige

For readers of Meg Wolitzer, Lionel Shriver, Kate Atkinson and Jennifer Egan

For readers of Meg Wolitzer, Lionel Shriver, Kate Atkinson and Jennifer Egan

RESUMEN

The external lives of Clark, a high school guidance counselor, and Charlotte, a bookkeeper, are utterly ordinary, but their interior lives are as bold and complex as abstract paintings colored by imagined possibilities, childhood joys and, more darkly, by deeply buried fears. When Clark rescues a young boy from drowning, a chain of events-some comic, some harrowing-is set in motion, revealing the fault lines of the couples marriage and individual psyches. Amity Gaige is a consummate stylist. Her every sentence contains a tiny world-marrying striking images to deep, soulful ideas in perfectly concise fashion.

Pour Michael, partir naviguer en famille une année entière dans les Caraïbes est la dernière chance de sauver son couple.Les années lont éloigné de son épouse Juliet, et le quotidien ne leur suffit p

Taut as a thriller Claire Messud A gripping tale of survival at sea - but thats just the beginning Jennifer EganA smart, swift and thrilling novel Lauren GroffFrom the highly acclaimed author of Schroder, a smart, sophisticated literary page turner about a young family who escape suburbia for a year-long sailing trip that upends all of their livesJuliet is failing to juggle motherhood and her anemic dissertation when her husband, Michael, informs her that he wants to leave his job and buy a sailboat. The couple are novice sailors, but Michael persuades Juliet to say yes. With their two kids - Sybil, age seven, and George, age two, Juliet and Michael set off for Panama, where their forty-four-foot sailboat awaits them - a boat that Michael has christened the Juliet.The initial result is transformative: their marriage is given a gust of energy, and even the children are affected by the beauty and wonderful vertigo of travel. The sea challenges them all - and most of all, Juliet, who suffers from postpartum depression.Sea Wife is told in gripping dual perspectives: Juliets first-person narration, after the journey, as she struggles to come to terms with the dire, life-changing events that unfolded at sea; and Michaels captains log - that provides a riveting, slow-motion account of those same inexorable events.Exuberant, harrowing, witty and exquisitely written, Sea Wife is impossible to put down.

Fast-paced and full of grace . . . a memorable meditation on the forms of careSARAH MOSSAn unforgettable treatJANICE HALLETTAn absolute must-readELIN HILDEBRANDOne of my favourite recent readsBARBARA KINGSOLVER, GUARDIANIn the heart of the Maine woods, an experienced Appalachian Trail hiker goes missing. She is forty-two-year-old Valerie Gillis, who has vanished 200 miles from her final destination. Alone in the wilderness, Valerie pours her thoughts into fractured, poetic letters to her mother as she battles the elements and struggles to keep hoping. At the centre of the search is Beverly, the determined Maine State Game Warden tasked with finding Valerie, who managing the search on the ground. While Beverly is searching, Lena, a seventy-six-year-old birdwatcher in a retirement community, becomes an unexpected armchair detective. Roving between these compelling narratives, a puzzle emerges, intensifying the frantic search, as Valeries disappearance may not be accidental.

Heartwood will keep you guessing the whole way through. I didnt want it to end. Liz MooreThe best thriller of 2025. The Boston Globe * Genius. The Washington PostA literary thriller of the highest order (Elin Hilderbrand, New York Times bestselling author of The Perfect Couple), Heartwood takes you on a gripping journey as a search and rescue team race against time after a woman mysteriously disappears on the Appalachian Trail.In the heart of the Maine woods, an experienced Appalachian Trail hiker goes missing. She is forty-two-year-old Valerie Gillis, who has vanished 200 miles from her final destination. Alone in the wilderness, Valerie pours her thoughts into fractured, poetic letters to her mother as she battles the elements and struggles to keep hoping.At the heart of the investigation is Beverly, the determined Maine State Game Warden tasked with finding Valerie, who leads the search on the ground. Meanwhile, Lena, a seventy-six-year-old birdwatcher in a Connecticut retirement community, becomes an unexpected armchair detective. Roving between these compelling narratives, a puzzle emerges, intensifying the frantic search, as Valeries disappearance may not be accidental.Heartwood is a gem of a thousand facetssuspenseful, transporting, tender, and ultimately soul-mending, (Megan Majumdar, New York Times bestselling author of A Burning) that tells the story of a lost hikers odyssey and is a moving rendering of each characters interior journey. The mystery inspires larger questions about the many ways in which we get lost, and how we are found. At its core, Heartwood is an unputdownable (Real Simple) and redemptive novel, written with both enormous literary ambition and love.

A New York Times Notable Book of the Year From the bestselling author of Heartwood comes a smart, sophisticated literary page-turner about a young family who escape suburbia for a yearlong sailing trip that upends all of their lives."Stunning. . . . with the graceful crawl of a poet and the motorboat intensity of a suspense author.New York Times Book ReviewBrilliantly breathes life not only into the perils of living at sea, but also into the hidden dangers of domesticity, parenthood, and marriage. What a smart, swift, and thrilling novel. Lauren Groff, author of FloridaJuliet is failing to juggle motherhood and her stalled-out dissertation on confessional poetry when her husband, Michael, informs her that he wants to leave his job and buy a sailboat. With their two kidsSybil, age seven, and George, age twoJuliet and Michael set off for Panama, where their forty-four foot sailboat awaits them. The initial result is transformative; the marriage is given a gust of energy, Juliet emerges from her depression, and the children quickly embrace the joys of being at sea. The vast horizons and isolated islands offer Juliet and Michael reprieve until they are tested by the unforeseen.A transporting novel about marriage, family and love in a time of unprecedented turmoil, Sea Wife is unforgettable in its power and astonishingly perceptive in its portrayal of optimism, disillusionment, and survival.

Escogida como una de las mejores novelas de 2013 en medios como The New York Times, The Huffington Post, The Washington Post, Publishers Weekly, Bookmarks y Kirkus Reviews, y elogiada por críticos y escritores de gran relieve, esta tercera novela de la escritora estadounidense Amity Gaige se presenta como una novela de suspense que, a medida que avanza la trama, se convierte en un relato lucido y poetico que situa al lector frente a un complejo dilema moral.Desde la carcel, Eric Kennedy escribe una larga carta a su esposa, Laura, en la que confiesa los motivos que lo llevaron a incumplir flagrantemente la ley. En tramite de divorcio, Eric y Laura se hallaban en mitad de una tensa y desagradable pugna por la custodia de la pequeña Meadow, su hija de seis años, cuando el se llevo a la niña sin autorizacion y sin dejar rastros para realizar un viaje por los lagos de Vermont. Asi, en su reveladora misiva, Eric no solo repasa episodios clave de su vida con la intencion de aclarar y quiza justificar su comportamiento, sino que tambien desgrana los momentos mas felices de su paternidad, puesto que, a pesar de sus defectos, ha sido siempre un padre afectuoso y entrañable.El enigma de la identidad, los fantasmas del pasado, el amor incompleto, los sueños malogrados, en suma, todo aquello que determina la conducta de u...

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