Carry Yourself Back to Me: A Novel - Brossura

Reed, Deborah

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ISBN 10: 0547848021 ISBN 13: 9780547848020

Casa editrice: Mariner Books, 2012

Riassunto

“A beautifully written, thoroughly engaging novel. Deborah Reed’s prose is lyrical, elegant, and vivid—she is a standout among new American novelists.”—Jessica Anya Blau, author of The Summer of Naked Swim Parties and Drinking Closer to Home

Famed alt-country artist Annie Walsh has more than enough reason to sing her version of the blues, including a broken heart, a stalled career, and a troubled family. Annie seeks refuge from an upended love affair with her producer, Owen Pettybone, by sequestering herself at home with her old dog Detour, surrounded by a lush Florida tangelo grove. Soon, however, this quiet, small-town existence—far from recording studios, ardent fans, and affairs of the heart—comes crashing down around her. A violent murder connected to her brother Calder threatens to tear her family apart and forces Annie to shore up her loyalties and uproot profound disappointments from her distant past. Like a fine and forlorn love ballad, the gifted, conflicted Annie lulls the reader into a journey through love and loss that mines the mysterious, and, at times, paradoxical rhythms of the human heart.

“Deborah Reed has written here a novel peopled with real, flesh-and-bone characters—men and women both as good and delightfully flawed as our best friends, our spouses, ourselves. And the icing on this cake is Reed’s lucid, lovely prose.”—Kirsten Sundberg Lunstrum, author of This Life She’s Chosen and Swimming with Strangers

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"A suspenseful, entertaining, and psychologically complex novel by a gifted new writer." -- Andrew Porter, author of The Theory of Light and Matter "Deborah Reed's novel, Carry Yourself Back to Me, tells the compelling story of long-held family secrets, romantic entanglements, and a small town murder that starts it all unraveling. With deft humor and insight and a marvelous sense of pacing, Reed explores the limits of trust and loyalty, the enduring nature of family bonds, and the clash between illusions and truth in the quest for lasting love."
-- Jim Tomlinson, author of Things Kept, Things Left Behind (Iowa Short Fiction Award) "Carry Yourself Back to Me is a beautifully written, thoroughly engaging novel. Deborah Reed's prose is lyrical, elegant, and vivid—she is a standout among new American novelists."
--Jessica Anya Blau, author of The Summer of Naked Swim Parties and Drinking Closer to Home "Deborah Reed has written here a novel peopled with real, flesh-and-bone characters—men and women both as good and delightfully flawed as our best friends, our spouses, ourselves. And the icing on this cake is Reed's lucid, lovely prose. Carry Yourself Back to Me is, simply, a pleasure to read."
--Kirsten Sundberg Lunstrum, author of This Life She's Chosen and Swimming with Strangers "Carry Yourself Back to Me marries gorgeous and wise prose with a can't-help-but-read-one- more-chapter plot. In it, Reed weaves a complex story of love and longing that's mysterious, intelligent, and full of heart. She had me from page one."
--Cheryl Strayed, author of Torch "Deborah Reed writes beautifully about the interlocking puzzles of romantic and family love and the patterns that play out from generation to generation. While her protagonist is a master of the sad song, Reed achieves a symphonic effect—rich, intense, and surprisingly joyful."
--Dawn Raffel, author of Carrying the Body and Further Adventures in the Restless Universe

L'autore

Deborah Reed comes from a long line of storytellers and musicians and finds creative inspiration in the composition of alt-country, folk, and homespun goods. She currently resides in the Pacific Northwest, where she also writes suspense fiction under the name of Audrey Braun.

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• Editore: Mariner Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0547848021
• ISBN 13: 9780547848020
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 303