Sarah élabore des récits captivants centrés sur des relations complexes et des femmes résilientes. Son écriture se distingue par une profonde perspicacité psychologique et une prose lyrique. Elle explore les thèmes de l'identité, de la famille et de l'appartenance, créant des œuvres qui résonnent profondément auprès des lecteurs.
Focusing on the intertwining lives of Kanye West and the poet, this debut collection delves into celebrity culture and its impact on personal identity across gender and race. The author reflects on her year of research, writing, and pregnancy, using a variety of poetic forms, from prose poems to structured sestinas. The work critiques how public narratives shape private meaning, revealing deeper truths about America. An accompanying online reader's companion enhances the exploration of these themes.
A sweeping, heart-wrenching novel about three generations of a privileged American family and the secrets that bind them. The Miltons, a powerful New York family, seem to have it all in 1935: an elegant apartment, two beautiful boys, and an enviable love. However, tragedy strikes, leading Ogden to comfort Kitty through sailing and picnics on a small island off the coast of Maine, which they eventually buy. For generations, the Miltons of Crockett Island enjoy this private paradise. Fast forward to 1959, and the world is changing. Ogden's firm hires Len Levy, a Jewish man who earns admiration from both his boss and the boss's daughter. When Len visits the island, the Milton family's principles and prejudices are challenged. By the dawn of the 21st century, the family's wealth has dwindled, and the island is up for sale. Kitty's granddaughter returns for one last visit, uncovering unsettling truths about her family's fortune and gaining insight into the silences that have lingered throughout her life. This novel explores themes of memory, identity, love, and family loyalty, offering a powerful and provocative narrative that captivates readers.
"A dreamy and transgressive feminist retelling of the Great Flood from the perspective of Noah's wife as she wrestles with the mysterious metaphysics of womanhood at the end of the world." —O, The Oprah Magazine With the coming of the Great Flood—the mother of all disasters—only one family was spared, drifting on an endless sea, waiting for the waters to subside. We know the story of Noah, moved by divine vision to launch their escape. Now, in a work of astounding invention, acclaimed writer Sarah Blake reclaims the story of his wife, Naamah, the matriarch who kept them alive. Here is the woman torn between faith and fury, lending her strength to her sons and their wives, caring for an unruly menagerie of restless creatures, silently mourning the lover she left behind. Here is the woman escaping into the unreceded waters, where a seductive angel tempts her to join a strange and haunted world. Here is the woman tormented by dreams and questions of her own—questions of service and self-determination, of history and memory, of the kindness or cruelty of fate. In fresh and modern language, Blake revisits the story of the Ark that rescued life on earth, and rediscovers the agonizing burdens endured by the woman at the heart of the story. Naamah is a parable for our time: a provocative fable of body, spirit, and resilience.
The New York Times bestseller- "A beautifully written, thought-provoking novel." -#1 New York Times bestselling author Kathryn Stockett. In 1940, Iris James is the postmistress in coastal Franklin, Massachusetts. Iris knows more about the townspeople than she will ever say, and believes her job is to deliver secrets. Yet one day she does the unthinkable: slips a letter into her pocket, reads it, and doesn't deliver it. Meanwhile, Frankie Bard broadcasts from overseas with Edward R. Murrow. Her dispatches beg listeners to pay heed as the Nazis bomb London nightly. Most of the townspeople of Franklin think the war can't touch them. But both Iris and Frankie know better... The Postmistress is a tale of two worlds-one shattered by violence, the other willfully naïve-and of two women whose job is to deliver the news, yet who find themselves unable to do so. Through their eyes, and the eyes of everyday people caught in history's tide, it examines how stories are told, and how the fact of war is borne even through everyday life.
Wzruszająca powieść o kobietach, dla których miłość i honor były ważniejsze
niż życie. Których losy odmieniła wojna i pewne niewysłane listy… Jest rok
1940. Na Londyn spadają bomby. We Franklin, nadmorskim miasteczku w
Massachusetts, Iris James słucha wiadomości z Wielkiej Brytanii i czuje, że
wkrótce wojna i dla niej stanie się brutalną codziennością. Jako sumienna
naczelniczka poczty sprawuje pieczę nad ludzkimi sekretami. Relacje o dramacie
wojny docierają również do pewnego młodego małżeństwa. Will jest lekarzem –
załamany tragedią, w której uczestniczył, odpowiada na apele o pomoc i wyrusza
do Londynu. Emma, zdruzgotana decyzją męża, czeka na listy od niego…
