Crow Lake
FROM THE BOOKER PRIZE LONGLISTED AUTHOR OF A TOWN CALLED SOLACE
$31.78
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
17 March 2022
Summary
Orphaned young, Kate Morrison was her older brother Matt’s protege, her curious fascination for pond-life fed by his passionate interest in the natural world. Now a zoologist, she can identify organisms under a microscope, but seems blind to the tragedy of her own emotional life. She thinks she’s outgrown her family, who were once her entire world - but she can’t seem to outgrow her childhood or lighten the weight of their mutual past.
“A remarkable novel, utterly gripping…I read it a…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780099429326 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0099429322 |
| Author: | Mary Lawson |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Vintage |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 17 March 2022 |
| Weight: | 250g |
| Dimensions: | 199mm x 130mm x 21mm |
| Series: | Vintage Books |
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Critics Review
Beautifully written, carefully balanced, Mary Lawson constructs a history of sacrifice, emotional isolation and family love without sounding a false note
“Beautifully written, carefully balanced, Mary Lawson constructs a history of sacrifice, emotional isolation and family love without sounding a false note” Daily Mail “Full of blossoming insights and emotional acuity…a compelling and serious page-turner” Observer “Lawson’s evocative storytelling…knows just how to draw the reader on…this is a novel of disappointed hopes and self-delusion, but it has a feel-good finish. Move over Lake Wobegon” Spectator “A novel of a darkly unpredictable and compelling kind. It is a wise book” Financial Times
About The Author
Mary Lawson
Mary Lawson’s first novel, Crow Lake, was loved by critics and readers all over the world; it was translated into 26 languages and published in 29 countries. It was a New York Times bestseller, won the McKitterick Prize and spent 75 weeks on the bestseller lists in her native Canada.
Her second novel, The Other Side of the Bridge, was longlisted for the Booker Prize and selected for the Richard & Judy Book Club. Road Ends, published in 2014, was described by the New York Times as ‘tender and surprising … a vivid and evocative tale’.
A Town Called Solace, published to critical acclaim in February 2021, was an instant bestseller in her native Canada and was longlisted for the Booker Prize.
Mary came to England in the 1960s and lives in Kingston-upon-Thames.
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