"While a young woman's violent death sounds like the setup for a murder mystery story
in Grabowki's deft hands it becomes something richer and more surprising: an opportunity to capture the people left in her wake at their most honest flawed and insightful. Once you get into these women's heads they will never get out of yours." -Oprah Daily
A gripping literary puzzle that unwinds the private lives of ten women as they confront tragedy in a small Massachusetts town.
Nashquitten
MA
is a decaying coastal enclave that not even tourist season can revive
full of locals who have run the town's industries for generations. When a young woman dies at a house party
the circumstances around her death suspiciously unclear
the tight-knit community is shaken. As a mother grieves her daughter
a teacher her student
a best friend her confidante
the events around the tragedy become a lightning rod: blame is cast
secrets are buried deeper. Some are left to pick up the pieces
while others turn their backs
and all the while
a truth about that dreadful night begins to emerge.
Told through the eyes of ten local women
Grabowski's
Women and Children First is an exquisite portrait of grief and a powerful reminder of life's interconnectedness. Touching on womanhood
class
and sexuality
ambition
disappointment
and tragedy
this novel is a stunning rendering of love and loss
and a bracing lesson from a phenomenal new literary talent that no one walks this earth alone.
"I am a big fan of Women and Children First . . . Alina Grabowski is an astute and limber narrative artist and I could read her prose all day long and never grow weary." -Lorrie Moore author of A Gate at the Stairs
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