Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Night Swim

It's the early 70s.  You're sixteen years old and the mother you adore and idolize is suddenly gone. How do you cope?

Sarah is the second oldest and only girl of four children.  They live an easy life in a Boston suburb.  Sarah's parents are heavy socializers.  She observes their world from afar and when tragedy strikes, she tries to emulate the behavior of the adults with dire consequences.

I love the writing in this novel...gorgeous metaphors and similes.  The characters are human and likable.  Sarah could have been one of my high school students and I wanted to help her.

7 comments:

Darlene said...

I'm glad you enjoyed this one Linda. I thought the writing was beautiful as well.

Literary Feline said...

Good writing and an intriguing plot! This sounds like a book I need to check out. I will have to look for it. Thanks for the recommendation, Linda!

Winter said...

Hi Linda!
That sounds like an amazing book! I can't wait to read it!

L. M. Smith said...

Hi Linda,

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SandyCarlson said...

This sounds poignant. Thanks for the reference.

Jessica Keener said...

Dear Linda, Thanks so much for posting about my novel. xo Jessica