Overview
āA triumph.āāNew York Magazine
From one of the most celebrated new voices in American literature, a brilliantly inventive and āenthrallingā (Oprah Daily) novel about the eternal bonds of family and the mysteries of love and lossāāalready earning its authorĀ comparisons to Toni Morrisonā (Lit Hub).
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I donāt want to tell you what happened. I want to tell you how it felt.
Cassandra Williams is twelve; her little brother, Wayne, is seven. One day, when theyāre alone together, there is an accident and Wayne is lost forever. His body is never recovered. The missing boy cleaves the family with doubt. Their father leaves, starts another family elsewhere. But their mother canāt give up hope and launches an organization dedicated to missing children.Ā
As C grows older, she sees her brother everywhere: in bistros, airplane aisles, subway cars. Here is her brotherās face, the light in his eyes, the way he seems to recognize her, too. But it canāt be, of course. Or can it? Then one day, in another accident, C meets a man both mysterious and familiar, a man who is also searching for someone and for his own place in the world. His name is Wayne.Ā
Namwali Serpellās remarkable new novel captures the uncanny experience of grief, the way the past breaks over the present like waves in the sea. The Furrows is a bold exploration of memory and mourning that twists unexpectedly into a story of mistaken identity, double consciousness, and the wishfulāand sometimes willfulālonging for reunion with those weāve lost.
This book title, The Furrows (A Novel) - 9780593448939, ISBN: 9780593448939, by Namwali Serpell, published by Random House Publishing Group (September 19, 2023) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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