About This Novel
There seems to be a person floating in the pool. Nina watched from a distance, not surprised at all. Katie finally drowned herself, and since reading her poem, Nina knew she was preparing to commit suicide. Katie has always been a little abnormal... The shadow of the past is always there, just temporarily hidden. We long to be saved and to get home safely, but we cannot escape the danger of suffocation and drowning. A French-style, dream-like novel about loss and search, the exploration of leaving home and returning home, with a film-like narrative structure and an epic tone. The reason why life is worth continuing is that we believe that the future will be better and that we can get home safely. A finalist for the 2012 Booker Prize, a 2012 Best Book of the Year by The New York Times Book Review and The Huffington Post, and highly praised by Janet Winterson, the author of "Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit."
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Official(2)Scraped 4d ago
Too short, looks good
There seems to be a person floating in the pool. Nina watched from a distance, not surprised at all. Katie finally drowned herself, and since reading her poem, Nina knew she was preparing to commit suicide. The shadow of Katie's somewhat dysfunctional past is always there, just temporarily.
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Official(2)Scraped 4d ago
Too short, looks good
There seems to be a person floating in the pool. Nina watched from a distance, not surprised at all. Katie finally drowned herself, and since reading her poem, Nina knew she was preparing to commit suicide. The shadow of Katie's somewhat dysfunctional past is always there, just temporarily.
