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How Far Is the Ocean from Hereby Amy Shearn
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:“An accomplished and sophisticated debut...an affecting portrayal of the lengths people travel for love and companionship.” —Publishers Weekly Susannah Prue is a young, unmarried surrogate mother who, in the days before her delivery date, panics. Jumping into her car, she flees her Chicago home and a few days later pulls up to a bleak motel in the Southwest—the Thunder Lodge. There, she encounters misfits, much like herself, who also carry secrets: the motels terse proprietors, their mentally disabled son, and a woman transporting her niece to the father shes never met. But when the parents of Susannahs baby discover her whereabouts, she can no longer ignore the profound power she holds over their lives. Beautifully written, How Far Is the Ocean from Here explores the ways in which people care for one another and the ways in which they fail, the kinds of families we create when we have no one else to turn to, and the strangeness and unpredictability of love. Review:"As Shearns's accomplished and sophisticated debut opens, 'hugely pregnant' Susannah Prue hides out deep in the desolate Texas-New Mexico border area desert, at the ramshackle Thunder Lodge motor inn. There she meets a variety of misfits, including the owners' mentally disabled teenage son and another guest's sexually confused niece, who become an essential if dysfunctional adoptive family to desperate, on-the-lam Susannah. Passive and oft-disappointed, Susannah made a fateful choice in deciding to serve as a surrogate mother to the wealthy but infertile Forsythes, Kit and Julian. The relationships among the three, we eventually learn, spiraled into tragedy, but the birth is imminent. Shearn's narration is fluid, shifting seamlessly among perspectives and time frames. The Forsythes verge on hard-edged rich-person caricature, but the rest of the cast is fully and compassionately realized, making for an affecting portrayal of the lengths people travel for love and companionship. (July)" Publishers Weekly (Copyright Reed Business Information, Inc.) Synopsis:Once in a while you read a first novel in which the narrative hand is so steady, the characters so lively and original, that you finish it certain you'll be hearing a lot more from this author. Shearn's [work] is just such a book.--Mark Childress, author of "Crazy in Alabama."
About the AuthorAMY SHEARNs work has appeared in Jane, West Branch, Salt Hill, and elsewhere. She lives in Brooklyn. This is her first novel. Visit her at amyshearn.com What Our Readers Are SayingAdd a comment for a chance to win!Average customer rating based on 1 comment:
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