Sea Wife by Amity Gaige (English) Hardcover Book

Description: Sea Wife by Amity Gaige For readers of Meg Wolitzer, Lionel Shriver, Kate Atkinson, and Jennifer Egan FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description From 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. Flap Taut as a thriller, emotionally precise yet threaded with lyricism, Sea Wife is at once the compelling story of a familys glorious, misbegotten seafaring adventure and an allegory for life itself. This is an unforgettable novel Claire Messud Sea Wife is an immersive pleasure. Amity Gaige captivates us, tricks us, and transports us. She understands the inner and the outer world - from quiet misery to murderous seas - and there is no world she cannot explore and illuminate Amy Bloom Sea Wife brilliantly breathes life not only into the perils of living at sea, but also into the fraught and hidden dangers of domesticity, motherhood, and marriage. What a smart, swift, and thrilling novel Lauren Groff Few writers have portrayed marriage and parenthood with more fierce intelligence than Amity Gaige, but in Sea Wife, she has outdone herself. This is an unforgettable portrait of a family that ventures out to sea, only to be riven by the weight of the past, and the politics of the present. Piercingly written and compelling from beginning to end, Sea Wife is a major accomplishment Adam Haslett Author Biography AMITY GAIGE is the author of three novels,O My Darling, The Folded World, and Schroder, which was short-listed for the Folio Prize in 2014. Published in eighteen countries, Schroder was named one of best books of 2013 by the New York Times Book Review, Huffington Post, Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Kirkus Reviews, The Womens National Book Association, Cosmopolitan, Denver Post, The Buffalo News, The Millions, Amazon, Bookmarks, and Publishers Weekly, among others. Gaige is the recipient of many awards for her previous novels, including Foreword Book of the Year Award for 2007; and in 2006, she was named one of the 5 Under 35 outstanding emerging writers by the National Book Foundation. She has a Fulbright and a Guggenheim Fellowship, and residencies at MacDowell and Yaddo. Her work has appeared in the Guardian, The New York Times, the Literary Review, The Yale Review, and One Story. She lives in Connecticut with her family. Review Gripping . . . A powerful take on a marriage on the rocks * Kirkus * [A] splendid, wrenching novel . . . Every element of this impressive novel clicks into a dazzling, heartbreaking whole * Publishers Weekly (starred) * Sea Wife is a gripping tale of survival at sea - but thats just the beginning. Amity Gaige also manages, before shes done, to probe the underpinnings of romantic love, marriage, literary ambition, political inclinations in the Trump age, parenthood, and finally, the nature of survival itself in our broken world. Gaige is thrillingly talented, and her novel enchants Few writers have portrayed marriage and parenthood with more fierce intelligence than Amity Gaige, but in Sea Wife, she has outdone herself. This is an unforgettable portrait of a family that ventures out to sea, only to be riven by the weight of the past, and the politics of the present. Piercingly written and compelling from beginning to end, Sea Wife is a major accomplishment -- Adam Haslett Sea Wife brilliantly breathes life not only into the perils of living at sea, but also into the fraught and hidden dangers of domesticity, motherhood, and marriage. What a smart, swift, and thrilling novel -- Lauren Groff Sea Wife is an immersive pleasure. Amity Gaige captivates us, tricks us, and transports us. She understands the inner and the outer world - from quiet misery to murderous seas - and there is no world she cannot explore and illuminate -- Amy Bloom Taut as a thriller, emotionally precise yet threaded with lyricism, Sea Wife is at once the compelling story of a familys glorious, misbegotten seafaring adventure and an allegory for life itself. This is an unforgettable novel -- Claire Messud Long Description From 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 lives Juliet 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. Review Quote Taut as a thriller, emotionally precise yet threaded with lyricism, Sea Wife is at once the compelling story of a familys glorious, misbegotten seafaring adventure and an allegory for life itself. This is an unforgettable novel Promotional "Headline" For readers of Meg Wolitzer, Lionel Shriver, Kate Atkinson, and Jennifer Egan Details ISBN0349726515 Author Amity Gaige Pages 288 Publisher Little, Brown Book Group Year 2020 ISBN-10 0349726515 ISBN-13 9780349726519 Format Hardcover Publication Date 2020-07-02 Imprint Fleet Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Language English Audience General/Trade DEWEY 813.6 UK Release Date 2020-07-02 AU Release Date 2020-07-02 NZ Release Date 2020-07-02 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:128320328;

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