The Weight of Water

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And moving schools makes it hard enough to find friends and wage the wars of popularity; moving to a new country and learning a new language makes it even harder. Describing the scenery, it seems so relaxing and the buildings , it just makes you want to know , who, what and when. Also Rich, Edward's brother, and his friend, Adeline, were saiing on a boat with Jean and her family while she was visiting the Shoal Islands to photograph the murder of the 1800s on Smuttynose Island.

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Living near Portsmouth NH, this is one of the more notorious murders and one that carries some controversy (there is some question regarding the guilt of the man they tried and executed for the murders). Weight of water by Sarah Crossman is a heart-rending and exciting book, full of adventure into the unknown. Her work has been given special mention by the literary journal Glimmer Train (2018) and been long-listed for the Alexander Chee Short Fiction Prize (2020). My problem is that Shreve's "theory" about the truth of the murders implicates a factual person in a very realistic way. The book is well-written, with effective pacing and moving detail, but the writing is not, in the end, remarkable.The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. The narrative switched back and forth between a modern day photographer, the story of the island she was photographing, and a memoir written about the only surviving member of a murder that had taken place on said island. While the book may not have been as beautiful and amazing as One, it was a quick and a enjoyable read. I realized I was skimming pages, something I only do when I'm really bored with a story, so I checked what page I was on. Would she have left the girlfriend to be washed overboard by a wave or tipped off the boat as it rocks sideways if she thought only pure things about the girlfriend?

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Yet, even with that mini problem it has an even better and stronger reason why it does do such a thing: the ending is vague, having several interpretations. How hard would it be to leave your home country to come to a new one, learn a new language and adjust to a different culture? I come from Thunder Bay, a city that is somewhat multicultural but not exactly a bastion of diversity like one would find in Toronto or, indeed, many major towns in England.Czyta się ją błyskawicznie i na tyle mnie zaintrygowała, że koniecznie muszę sięgnąć po wersję oryginalną. How many times have I read this novel and felt the weight of its somber message and its deep artistry? Critics felt that Bigelow had not achieved as much weight with the fictional story of the present against her portrayal of the events of the past. The target audience of this book may seem young but this novel is an excellent read for people of all ages.