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Toward amnesia, grand isle, in case of emergency, break glass, and blue. A marine biologist reacts to the end of her long affair with another woman by pursuing oblivion even to the point of moving to a faraway island and. In this captivating novel, sarah van arsdale brings a fiction writers understanding of the human heart and a poets sensitivity to language to the world shes created. Lambda literary award for lesbian fiction wikipedia. Its really masterful, weaving together several narratives and characters to a poignant end. Page edges are foxed, near fine in a fine dustwrapper. A tragedy in early june sets off a cascade of deception for the summer people from manhattan and the local teens on grand isle. Sarah van arsdale sarah van arsdale s fifth book, the catamount, a narrative poem with her watercolor illustrations, was published by nomadic press in may 2020. In case of emergency, break glass queens ferry press, 2016, grand isle, suny press 2012, blue, winner of the 2002 peter taylor prize for the novel, university of tennessee press, and toward amnesia, 1996.
Nov 14, 2016 sarah van arsdale s novels include grand isle suny press, 2012, blue, winner of the 2002 peter taylor prize for the novel, university of tennessee press, 2003, and toward amnesia, riverhead books, 1996. When her lover of five years leaves her for another woman, a young marine biologist is lost and bereft in ways she could never have imagined. Sarah van arsdale s fifth book, the catamount, a narrative poem with her watercolor illustrations, was published by nomadic press in may 2020. Laura van dam, my editor at houghton mifflin, supported the book. Jun 30, 2014 sarah van arsdale is a writer based in new york city whose works include grand isle, published in 2012, toward amnesia and blue. There was a time recently when i had come to dread hearing the name of one of my oldest friends. Buy a cheap copy of toward amnesia book by sarah van arsdale. Van arsdale turns her observant eye to the narrators. Starting the novel fine arts work center in provincetown.
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