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ISBN10: 1638930783
ISBN13: 9781638930785
Publisher: Sjp Lit
Published: May 7 2024
Pages: 336
Weight: 1.20
Height: 1.30 Width: 6.30 Depth: 8.80
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781638930785
Publisher: Sjp Lit
Published: May 7 2024
Pages: 336
Weight: 1.20
Height: 1.30 Width: 6.30 Depth: 8.80
Language: English
How often do you finish a novel, only to find yourself flipping back to the first page and thinking, I really ought to start that all over again? . . . Set in a struggling New England town, the novel unfolds through interlocking stories--something like Elizabeth Strout's Olive Kitteridge or Jennifer Egan's A Visit from the Goon Squad . . . a rich and textured book, with shades not only of those female authors, but also Mary Gaitskill or Lorrie Moore, through its investigation into female agency, power, and vulnerability. --Vogue.com A Most Anticipated Book of 2024 by Debutiful, Oprah Daily, and Vogue - A Most Anticipated Book of Spring 2024 by the New York Times
A gripping literary puzzle that unwinds the private lives of ten women as they confront tragedy in a small Massachusetts town. Nashquitten, MA, is a decaying coastal enclave that not even tourist season can revive, full of locals who have run the town's industries for generations. When a young woman dies at a house party, the circumstances around her death suspiciously unclear, the tight-knit community is shaken. As a mother grieves her daughter, a teacher her student, a best friend her confidante, the events around the tragedy become a lightning rod: blame is cast, secrets are buried deeper. Some are left to pick up the pieces, while others turn their backs, and all the while, a truth about that dreadful night begins to emerge. Told through the eyes of ten local women, Grabowski's Women and Children First is an exquisite portrait of grief and a powerful reminder of life's interconnectedness. Touching on womanhood, class, and sexuality, ambition, disappointment, and tragedy, this novel is a stunning rendering of love and loss, and a bracing lesson from a phenomenal new literary talent that no one walks this earth alone.
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