Crow Lake: FROM THE BOOKER PRIZE LONGLISTED AUTHOR OF A TOWN CALLED SOLACE

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Tragedy abounds in the novel, but such is its humanity and its wisdom that the effect is not dismaying, but somehow reassuring. When they were breeding the males were very beautiful, with red underparts and silvery scales on their backs and brilliant blue eyes. For the first time in her life she is becoming seriously interested in a man, a fellow professor named Daniel, and it is almost more than she can endure: "You must understand: I had never thought that I would really love anyone. She has a remarkable gift for conjuring up place and people in a handful of words, a few lines of dialogue.

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Do you think Kate' resentment and distaste toward Marie will lessen as she rebuilds her relationship with Matt? Unfortunately, that assistance can't overcome the deranged rage of a neighboring farmer, Cyrus Pye, and when Matt becomes involved with Pye's daughter, Maria, a tragic incident robs the brilliant young man of a chance to pursue a career as a naturalist.Kate gathers stories about the history of her own family and of the other families in the community, connecting the actions of past generations with the future of Crow Lake. But Luke, who was never a strong student, instead decides to abandon college and get a job to keep his fractured family together.

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And the writing is sometimes groaningly beautiful: Some days thousands of milkweed pods would burst open together, triggered by the heat of the sun; thousands and thousands of small silent explosions repeating themselves in salvos down the miles of tracks. Mary Lawson's first novel, Crow Lake, was loved by critics and readers all over the world; it was translated into 25 languages and published in 28 countries.The Brat Pack meets The Bacchae in this precious, way-too-long, and utterly unsuspenseful town-and-gown murder tale. Her sense of pace and timing is impeccable throughout, and she uses dangerous winter weather brilliantly to increase the tension as the family battles to survive. Unusually sensitive and emotionally fragile, Kate grew up in awe of Matt and came to share his fascination with pond life and biology.

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The idyllic atmosphere Lawson creates in these trips to the ponds tugs at all of us who can remember gleaming jewels of magic even in the midst of the most turbulent childhood.

I felt a sense of foreboding and apprehension throughout this fairly short novel while the tension built slowly greater and greater until the crescendo at the end.