The Weight of Water (Windsor Selection) - Hardcover

Anita Shreve

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0754016137 ISBN 13: 9780754016137

Publisher: CHIVERS LARGE PRINT (CHIVERS, WINDSOR, PARAGON & C, 2001

Synopsis

On Smuttynose Island, off the coast of New Hampshire, more than a century ago, two Norwegian immigrant women were brutally murdered. A third woman survived by hiding in a cave until dawn. In 1995, Jean, a photographer, is sent on an assignment to shoot a photo essay about the legendary crime. Taking her extended family with her, Jean stays in a sailboat anchored off the coast, and finds herself gradually becoming more and more engrossed in the bay's mysterious and gruesome past. Wandering into a library one day, she unearths letters written by Maren, the sole survivor of the murder spree. Jean's fear of losing all that she cares about is reflected in Maren's poignant tale of love and loss, and her obsession with the ancient story drives her to wild impulsive action -- with unrecoverable consequences.

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Review:

A newspaper photographer, Jean, researches the lurid and sensational ax murder of two women in 1873 as an editorial tie-in with a brutal modern double murder. (Can you guess which one?) She discovers a cache of papers that appear to give an account of the murders by an eyewitness. The plot weaves between the narrative of the eyewitness and Jean's private struggle with jealousies and suspicions as her marriage teeters. A rich, textured novel.

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About this edition

• Publisher: CHIVERS LARGE PRINT (CHIVERS, WINDSOR, PARAGON & C
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0754016137
• ISBN 13: 9780754016137
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 288