{"product_id":"saltwater-9781250785640","title":"Saltwater","description":"\u003cp\u003eA Best Book of 2020: \u003ci\u003eOpen Letters Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Andrews's writing is transportingly voluptuous, conjuring tastes and smells and sounds like her literary godmother, Edna O'Brien . . . What makes her novel sing is its universal themes: how a young woman tries to make sense of her world, and how she grows up.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Penelope Green, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis \"luminous\" (\u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e) feminist coming-of-age novel captures in sensuous, blistering prose the richness and imperfection of the bond between a daughter and her mother \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eIt begins with our bodies . . . Safe together in the violet dark and yet already there are spaces beginning to open between us.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom that first immaculate, fluid connection, through the ups and downs of a working-class childhood in northern England, the one constant in Lucy's life has been her mother: comforting and mysterious, ferociously loving, tirelessly devoted, as much a part of Lucy as her own skin. Her mother's lessons in womanhood shape Lucy's appreciation for desire, her sense of duty as a caretaker, her hunger for a better, perhaps reckless life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt university in glamorous London, Lucy's background sets her apart. And then she is finished, graduated, adrift. She escapes to a tiny house in Donegal left empty by her grandfather, a place where her mother once found happiness. There she will take a lover, live inside art and the past, and track back through her memories and her mother's stories to make sense of her place in the world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \"a stunning new voice in British literary fiction\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Independent\u003c\/i\u003e) that lays bare our raw, dark selves, Jessica Andrews's debut honors the richness and imperfection of the bond between a daughter and her mother. Intricately woven in lyrical vignettes, \u003ci\u003eSaltwater\u003c\/i\u003e is a novel of becoming--a woman, an artist--and of finding a way forward by looking back.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJessica Andrews\u003c\/b\u003e writes fiction and poetry. Her work has been published in \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eElle\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAnOther\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSomesuch Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eShabby Doll House\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand Papaya Press, among others. She teaches literature and creative writing, and is coeditor of \u003ci\u003eThe Grapevine\u003c\/i\u003e, an online arts and literary magazine that aims to give a platform to underrepresented writers. \u003ci\u003eSaltwater \u003c\/i\u003eis her first novel\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Picador USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51500490555666,"sku":"9781250785640","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_af031e55-b439-439a-b6f5-c7c9b363b9d6.jpg?v=1753194307","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/saltwater-9781250785640","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}