Book description
A young woman reunites with her teenage sister in their childhood home on Nantucket Island after their mother disappears in this alluring coming-of-age novel from the acclaimed author of It Is Wood, It Is Stone.
“A novel to remember.”—Sarah Thankam Mathews, author of All This Could Be Different
Elise is…
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1 author picked Wait as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
This book comes out in May, and I devoured an advance copy in two awestruck sittings.
I was completely bowled over by the gorgeously evocative, lyrically taut writing. But the characters—two sisters from working-class Nantucket who are grappling with their mother’s deportation to Brazil—felt knowable, original, and unforgettable.
The summer they spend in this book is quite literally a cruel one as they grapple with their family’s separation. Yet somehow, Burnham manages to balance the intense reality of her character’s circumstances with dream-like sentences that capture the hidden beauty woven into everyday life.
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