Thirst for Salt by Madelaine Lucas Paperback Book

Description: Thirst for Salt by Madelaine Lucas A gorgeously written novel set over the course of one life-changing summer in an isolated Australian coastal town FORMAT Paperback CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description A heady story about a life-changing summer romance, perfect for fans of A Theatre for Dreamers and Sorrow & BlissA love affair so richly and attentively imagined it carries the grace and gravity of memory itself. Leslie JamisonOur narrator is twenty-four years old when she and her mother arrive in the tiny coastal town of Sailors Beach. Their holiday, she hopes, will be a pause between her life as a student and whatever happens next. Summer stretches before her: unplanned, full of possibility. And into this space walks Jude. Finding herself pulled to this man twenty years her senior she begins losing herself in the simple, seductive rhythms of his everyday life.Thirteen years later, she happens across a photo of Jude with a child. A photo that leaves her questioning choices she has made for herself. A photo that brings back memories of a summer that changed her forever.A magnetic story of the complexities of desire, and a powerful reckoning with memory, loss and longing, Madelaine Lucas debut novel reveals, with stunning, sensual immediacy the way the past can hold us in its thrall, shaping who we are and what we love. A mesmerizing portrait of a romance with graceful, seductive writing. BustleA Bustle, LitHub, Debutiful, and NYLON Most Anticipated Book of 2023A Goodreads Buzziest Book of the New Year * A DEBUTIFUL Best Book of 2023 Jan-June Author Biography Madelaine Lucas was born in Melbourne and is currently based in Brooklyn, New York. She is a senior editor of the literary annual NOON, and a graduate of the fiction MFA programme at Columbia University. Her essays and interviews have appeared in publications including Paris Review Daily, The Believer and Literary Hub, and her fiction has been awarded Australias Elizabeth Jolley Prize. She teaches workshops for adults and young people in creative writing programs at Columbia University and Catapult. Review Lush and gorgeous... A delicious read, beautifully written and emotionally satisfying. New York TimesThis intimate debut charts the course of a formative age-gap love affair set evocatively on the wild coast of Australias New South Wales... A poignant exploration of love, need, desire, time and motherhood. Daily MailThirst for Salt gripped me immediately, with the tender acuity of its voice and the propulsive electricity of the relationship at its core. Leslie Jamison, author of The Recovering[A] sly, sensual debut about mothers and lovers... Lucass writing is soft and sinuous, as sensual when shes detailing the landscape as she is about sex. Sunday TelegraphA woman looks back on a lifechanging summer in her 20s, when she fell in love with a much older man, in this nuanced love story. The descriptions of the small coastal town in Australia are so beautiful that you will want to visit. Good HousekeepingA mesmerizing portrait of a romance with graceful, seductive writing... This novel has a sea glass quality - timeworn, beautiful, worth holding onto. BustleLuscious and melancholy... Sensual and electric. Foreword Reviews (starred review)A sensual coming-of-age novel. NYLONIm astounded this is a debut and was swept away with the exquisite writing. PrimaThe writing is rich, sensuous and attentive... As a novel that illustrates the need to organise life into narrative, such fealty to the past self is refreshing. Irish TimesLucas writes as if shes telling the story at a dinner party, with a lingering pace and an easy familiarity with the characters. Guardian Details ISBN0861546490 Author Madelaine Lucas Pages 336 Publisher Oneworld Publications Year 2023 ISBN-13 9780861546497 Format Paperback Imprint Oneworld Publications Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom ISBN-10 0861546490 Publication Date 2023-05-04 AU Release Date 2023-05-04 NZ Release Date 2023-05-04 UK Release Date 2023-05-04 Edition Description B-Format Original Alternative 9780861544745 DEWEY 823.92 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:142153921;

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