THE STORY OF LAND AND SEA - Softcover

Simpson Smith, Katy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0007564007 ISBN 13: 9780007564002

Publisher: The Borough Press, 2015

Synopsis

A lyrical and spellbinding story of love, loss, and war from a standout new voice in fiction. Katy Simpson Smith has already been acclaimed as an heir apparent to to Michael Ondaatje and Marilynne Robinson

North Carolina, 1793. When nine-year-old Tab catches yellow fever, her father John steals her onto a boat, hoping the sea air will cure his only child. For comfort, he tells Tab stories about her mother Helen, who died in childbirth.

Two decades earlier, Helen is given a slave girl for her tenth birthday. Moll s arrival is meant to teach Helen discipline but soon the girls are close confidantes, until the arrival of John, a pirate turned soldier. And as the town is threatened in the dying embers of the Revolution, Helen must decide between a life of security on the family plantation and a sea adventure with the man she loves.

About this title

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Story of Land and Sea

Review:

‘Pure pleasure...the best novel I’ve read all year’ Anita Shreve

‘A wonderful novel of heartbreaking grief but also of redemptive hope ... In high but warranted praise it very much evoked Marilynne Robinson’s acclaimed GILEAD’ Chicago Tribune (Editor’s Pick)

‘Poignant and intensely lyrical’ NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW

‘Smith’s soulful language of loss is almost biblical, and the descriptions of her characters’ sorrows are poetic and moving’ PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

‘From the start, Ms. Smith’s spare, rhythmic prose captivates Her refusal to serve up false redemption is admirable’ NEW YORK TIMES

‘Smith has a real gift for describing both hope and despair ... she is absolutely a writer to watch’ NPR

‘Among the most assured debut novels in recent memory, it heralds the birth of a major new talent’ VOGUE

‘Astonishingly relatable characters’ HUFFINGTON POST

About this edition

• Publisher: The Borough Press
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0007564007
• ISBN 13: 9780007564002
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 318