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Summerwater / Sarah Moss.

ISBN: 9780374105938
ISBN: 0374105936
Physical Description: 203 pages ; 20 cm
Edition: First American edition.
Publisher: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2021.
Copyright: &copy;2020

Summary:

"They rarely speak to each other, but they do take notice - watching from the safety of their cabins, peering into the half-lit drizzle of a Scottish summer day, forming judgments based on what little they know of their temporary neighbors. It is the longest day of the year, and as the hours pass nearly imperceptibly, twelve people shift from being strangers, to bystanders, to allies - their idle curiosity sparked into action as tragedy sneaks into their lives. At daylight, a mother races up the mountain, fleeing into her precious hour of solitude. A retired man studies her return as he reminisces about the park's better days. A young woman, weary of her attentive boyfriend, distracts herself with speculation about their neighbor's politics. Alone in a kayak on the dark waters of the loch, a teenage boy escapes the infuriating scrutiny of his family. This cascade of perspectives runs through the community as each inhabitant begins to focus on one particular family that doesn't seem to belong. Nightfall brings an irrevocable turn."-- inside cover