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The House of Deep Water
The House of Deep Water | Jeni McFarland
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Perfect for fans of The Mothers and Olive Kitteridge, in this stunning and perceptive debut novel three women learn what it means to come home--and to make peace with the family, love affairs, and memories they'd once left behind. "Here are voices from the heartland rendered real, raw, and aching. . . . Reminiscent of Celeste Ng's Little Fires Everywhere, this novel announces Jeni McFarland as a writer of our generation." --Aja Gabel, author of The Ensemble River Bend, Michigan, is the kind of small town most can't imagine leaving, but three women couldn't wait to escape. When each must return--Linda Williams, never sure what she wants; her mother, Paula, always too sure; and Beth DeWitt, one of River Bend's only black daughters, now a mother of two who'd planned to raise her own children anywhere else--their paths collide under Beth's father's roof. As one town struggles to contain all of their love affairs and secrets, a local scandal forces Beth to confront her own devastating past. Filled with the voices of mothers and daughters, husbands, lovers, and fathers, The House of Deep Water explores motherhood, trauma, love, loss, and new beginnings found in a most unlikely place: home.
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Megzmarie5
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“The loss that comes with realizing that parents are profoundly human and helpless, pitiful even.” This is a must read that invites the reader to contemplate family, love, racism, poverty and relationships. Linda sipping coffee while navigating love, Beth‘s heartbreaking trauma while trying to raise a family, and Paula‘s steeliness make for great characters you can‘t help but fall in love with and care for. This will make you think after finished.

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Family strife (the book, not me) and lunch. I would love to see your book views today!
Tag me if you share a view. Happy reading. Happy Saturday!

#advancedreaderscopy #fiction

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Seems to me this, Gilmer Thurber guy is a creeper. I wonder where the heck this book is going...
Must keep reading. 🙊🙈 📖

Thank you, Edelweiss+, G.P. Putnam‘s Sons, and Jeni McFarland for the opportunity to read this book in lieu of my honest review.

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Lauren.Archer
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This is a lovely quiet novel sent in small town Michigan. Reading the comparison‘s to the books above, I can most align this to Kent Haruf‘s Plainsong trilogy. There are a lot of character‘s in this story that make this book flow.

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Thank you NetGalley and G.P. Putnam Sons for an Advanced Reader‘s Copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

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