Winner of the 1993 Pirates Alley William Faulkner Prize, a haunting first novel is actually two stories--Arty's account of his family's breakup and the life and death of Annie Marchand, a young woman he adored as a child.
"A thriller of the heart, at once suspenseful and emotionally absorbing."--"Newsday""" "Beautiful and harrowing . . . An exquisite double helix, each of its two strands a tale of an unraveling family, curving in tenuous but essential relation to the other.""--Elle" "Stunning . . . A truthful and deeply sad picture of the American hinterland, which has lost religion and maybe also lost its capacity for sustained love. . . . Wonderfully effective . . . O'Nan sees with a vengeance."--"The New York Times Book Review" "Haunting . . . a whole that's much more than the sum of its parts . . . Moving, beautifully constructed, morally complex."--"The Washington Post Book World" "Shines with a cold, stark light . . . Strangely beautiful."--"Los Angeles"" Times" "Stunningly heartbreaking . . . It has an air of the intricately beautiful tragedies of Edith Warton. . . . All [the characters] are flawlessly imprinted, like perfect snow angels with no tracks leading away."--"The" "Times-Picayune "(New Orleans)
"A thriller of the heart, at once suspenseful and emotionally absorbing."--"Newsday"
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"Beautiful and harrowing . . . An exquisite double helix, each of its two strands a tale of an unraveling family, curving in tenuous but essential relation to the other.""--Elle"
"Stunning . . . A truthful and deeply sad picture of the American hinterland, which has lost religion and maybe also lost its capacity for sustained love. . . . Wonderfully effective . . . O'Nan sees with a vengeance."--"The New York Times Book Review"
"Haunting . . . a whole that's much more than the sum of its parts . . . Moving, beautifully constructed, morally complex."--"The Washington Post Book World"
"Shines with a cold, stark light . . . Strangely beautiful."--"Los Angeles"" Times"
"Stunningly heartbreaking . . . It has an air of the intricately beautiful tragedies of Edith Warton. . . . All [the characters] are flawlessly imprinted, like perfect snow angels with no tracks leading away."--"The""Times-Picayune "(New Orleans)
A thriller of the heart, at once suspenseful and emotionally absorbing. "Newsday"
Beautiful and harrowing . . . An exquisite double helix, each of its two strands a tale of an unraveling family, curving in tenuous but essential relation to the other. "Elle"
Stunning . . . A truthful and deeply sad picture of the American hinterland, which has lost religion and maybe also lost its capacity for sustained love. . . . Wonderfully effective . . . O'Nan sees with a vengeance. "The New York Times Book Review"
Haunting . . . a whole that's much more than the sum of its parts . . . Moving, beautifully constructed, morally complex. "The Washington Post Book World"
Shines with a cold, stark light . . . Strangely beautiful. "Los Angeles Times"
Stunningly heartbreaking . . . It has an air of the intricately beautiful tragedies of Edith Warton. . . . All [the characters] are flawlessly imprinted, like perfect snow angels with no tracks leading away. "The Times-Picayune (New Orleans)""
"A thriller of the heart, at once suspenseful and emotionally absorbing." --Newsday
"Beautiful and harrowing . . . An exquisite double helix, each of its two strands a tale of an unraveling family, curving in tenuous but essential relation to the other." --Elle
"Stunning . . . A truthful and deeply sad picture of the American hinterland, which has lost religion and maybe also lost its capacity for sustained love. . . . Wonderfully effective . . . O'Nan sees with a vengeance." --The New York Times Book Review
"Haunting . . . a whole that's much more than the sum of its parts . . . Moving, beautifully constructed, morally complex." --The Washington Post Book World
"Shines with a cold, stark light . . . Strangely beautiful." --Los Angeles Times
"Stunningly heartbreaking . . . It has an air of the intricately beautiful tragedies of Edith Warton. . . . All [the characters] are flawlessly imprinted, like perfect snow angels with no tracks leading away." --The Times-Picayune (New Orleans)
