The Deeper the Water the Uglier the Fish by Katya Apekina
Brand: Two Dollar Radio
Product Description
2018 Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist Longlisted for The Crooks Corner Book Prize Longlisted for the 2019 VCU Cabell First Novelist Award Shortlisted for the 2020 William Saroyan International Prize for Writing for FictionA Best Book of 2018 Kirkus Reviews BuzzFeed News Entropy LitReactor LitHub 35 Over 35 Award 2018 One of the Most Anticipated Books of the Fall Vulture Harpers BAZAAR BuzzFeed News Publishers Weekly The Millions Bustle Fast Company Its 16yearold Edie who finds their mother Marianne dangling in the living room from an old jump rope puddle of urine on the floor barely alive. Upstairs 14yearold Mae had fallen into one of her trances often a result of feeling too closely attuned to her mothers dark moods. After Marianne is unwillingly admitted to a mental hospital Edie and Mae are forced to move from their childhood home in Louisiana to New York to live with their estranged father Dennis a former civil rights activist and literary figure on the other side of success. The girls grieving and homesick are at first wary of their fathers affection but soon Mae and Edies close relationship begins to fall apartEdie remains fiercely loyal to Marianne convinced that Dennis is responsible for her mothers downfall while Mae suffocated by her striking resemblances to her mother feels pulled toward their father. The girls move in increasingly opposing and destructive directions as they struggle to cope with outsized pain and as the history of Dennis and Mariannes romantic past clicks into focus the family fractures further. Moving through a selection of firstperson accounts and written with a sinister sense of humor The Deeper the Water the Uglier the Fish powerfully captures the quiet torment of two sisters craving the attention of a parent they cant and shouldnt have to themselves. In this captivating debut Katya Apekina disquietingly crooks the lines between fact and fantasy between escape and freedom and between love and obsession. The structure characters and storyline are all refreshingly original and the writing is nothing short of gorgeous. Its a stunningly accomplished book and Apekina isnt afraid to grab her readers by the hand and take them to some very dark and very beautiful places. Michael Schaub NPR show more
Condition : New
Author : Katya Apekina
Weight : 551
Publisher : Two Dollar Radio
Language : English
EAN : 9781937512750
ISBN10 : 1937512754
Format : Paperback
Date of Publication : 20121130
Place of Publication : NA
Pagination : NA
Dimensions : 140 X 188 X 25mm