Synopsis
In the words of Melody Simpson, their mother, Emmy was born with thick skin and Virginia with no skin at all.
It is on Bali and Skye, two islands as far apart as geography allows, that the sisters independently reassess their place in the world and gingerly find the new bearings that will allow each to renegotiate the circumstances of their lives with newfound acceptance and flexibility.
Review
" [Messud is] a novelist of unnerving talent."
-- "The New York Times Book Review"
" A fine first novel, and the ' first' is deceptive, for its author has the daring and assurance to take on Iris Murdoch-like questions about goodness and truth."
-- "The New Yorker"
" In its rich detail and its humor, this is a wry, uplifting book."
-- "The Independent on Sunday "(London)
" Beautiful. . . . [Messud] proceeds, sentence by sentence, image by image, character by character, to create a fully realized, multi-layered world. . . . [She] has the imagination, the craft and the understanding of human nature to write about anything she chooses."
-- "The Chicago Tribune"
"[Messud is] a novelist of unnerving talent."
--"The New York Times Book Review"
"A fine first novel, and the 'first' is deceptive, for its author has the daring and assurance to take on Iris Murdoch-like questions about goodness and truth."
--"The New Yorker"
"In its rich detail and its humor, this is a wry, uplifting book."
--"The Independent on Sunday "(London)
"Beautiful. . . . [Messud] proceeds, sentence by sentence, image by image, character by character, to create a fully realized, multi-layered world. . . . [She] has the imagination, the craft and the understanding of human nature to write about anything she chooses."
--"The Chicago Tribune"
"[Messud is] a novelist of unnerving talent." --"The New York Times Book Review""A fine first novel, and the 'first' is deceptive, for its author has the daring and assurance to take on Iris Murdoch-like questions about goodness and truth." --"The New Yorker""In its rich detail and its humor, this is a wry, uplifting book." --"The Independent on Sunday "(London)"Beautiful. . . . [Messud] proceeds, sentence by sentence, image by image, character by character, to create a fully realized, multi-layered world. . . . [She] has the imagination, the craft and the understanding of human nature to write about anything she chooses." --"The Chicago Tribune"
[Messud is] a novelist of unnerving talent. "The New York Times Book Review" A fine first novel, and the first is deceptive, for its author has the daring and assurance to take on Iris Murdoch-like questions about goodness and truth. "The New Yorker" In its rich detail and its humor, this is a wry, uplifting book. "The Independent on Sunday "(London) Beautiful. . . . [Messud] proceeds, sentence by sentence, image by image, character by character, to create a fully realized, multi-layered world. . . . [She] has the imagination, the craft and the understanding of human nature to write about anything she chooses. "The Chicago Tribune""
[Messud is] a novelist of unnerving talent. The New York Times Book Review A fine first novel, and the first is deceptive, for its author has the daring and assurance to take on Iris Murdoch-like questions about goodness and truth. The New Yorker In its rich detail and its humor, this is a wry, uplifting book. The Independent on Sunday (London) Beautiful. . . . [Messud] proceeds, sentence by sentence, image by image, character by character, to create a fully realized, multi-layered world. . . . [She] has the imagination, the craft and the understanding of human nature to write about anything she chooses. The Chicago Tribune"
"[Messud is] a novelist of unnerving talent." --The New York Times Book Review"A fine first novel, and the 'first' is deceptive, for its author has the daring and assurance to take on Iris Murdoch-like questions about goodness and truth." --The New Yorker"In its rich detail and its humor, this is a wry, uplifting book." --The Independent on Sunday (London)"Beautiful. . . . [Messud] proceeds, sentence by sentence, image by image, character by character, to create a fully realized, multi-layered world. . . . [She] has the imagination, the craft and the understanding of human nature to write about anything she chooses." --The Chicago Tribune
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