03245cam a2200313 4500 1377888062 ER5 20240706120000.0 ||||||s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781638930792 1638930791 B0BVDDT1FR Amazon fbd52b0a-d1ff-4ebc-b614-f6e4ed4f134d OverDrive (Reserve ID) 9616313 OverDrive (Product ID) ER5 Grabowski, Alina. Women and Children First [Libby eBook] : A Novel. Zando, 2024. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 1107kB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. HTML:<p><b>"How often do you finish a novel, only to find yourself flipping back to the first page and thinking, I really ought to start that all over again? . . . Set in a struggling New England town, the novel unfolds through interlocking stories—something like Elizabeth Strout's <i>Olive Kitteridge</i> or Jennifer Egan's <i>A Visit from the Goon Squad</i> . . . a rich and textured book, with shades not only of those female authors, but also Mary Gaitskill or Lorrie Moore, through its investigation into female agency, power, and vulnerability." —Vogue.com</b><br /> <b>A gripping literary puzzle that unwinds the private lives of ten women as they confront tragedy in a small Massachusetts town.</b><br /> Nashquitten, MA, is a decaying coastal enclave that not even tourist season can revive, full of locals who have run the town's industries for generations. When a young woman dies at a house party, the circumstances around her death suspiciously unclear, the tight-knit community is shaken. As a mother grieves her daughter, a teacher her student, a best friend her confidante, the events around the tragedy become a lightning rod: blame is cast, secrets are buried deeper. Some are left to pick up the pieces, while others turn their backs, and all the while, a truth about that dreadful night begins to emerge.<br /> Told through the eyes of ten local women, Grabowski's <i>Women and Children First</i> is an exquisite portrait of grief and a powerful reminder of life's interconnectedness. Touching on womanhood, class, and sexuality, ambition, disappointment, and tragedy, this novel is a stunning rendering of love and loss, and a bracing lesson from a phenomenal new literary talent that no one walks this earth alone.<br /> <b>A Most Anticipated Book of 2024 by</b> <b><i>Debutiful</i>,</b> <b><i>Oprah Daily,</i> and <i>Vogue</i></b></p> <li><b>A Most Anticipated Book of Spring 2024 by the <i>New York Times</i></b></li>. Literature. Fiction. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2024-07-06 20:00:02. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=fbd52b0a-d1ff-4ebc-b614-f6e4ed4f134d&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=fbd52b0a-d1ff-4ebc-b614-f6e4ed4f134d&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=fbd52b0a-d1ff-4ebc-b614-f6e4ed4f134d&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)