Ocean state
(Book)
Author:
Published:
New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, [2022].
Format:
Book
Edition:
First edition.
Physical Desc:
240 pages ; 24 cm
Status:
Ashland Adult Fiction
O'NAN
Description
Set in a working-class town on the Rhode Island coast, O’Nan’s latest is a crushing, beautifully written, and profoundly compelling novel about sisters, mothers, and daughters, and the terrible things love makes us do.
In the first line of Ocean State, we learn that a high school student was murdered, and we find out who did it. The story that unfolds from there with incredible momentum is thus one of the build-up to and fall-out from the murder, told through the alternating perspectives of the four women at its heart. Angel, the murderer, Carol, her mother, and Birdy, the victim, all come alive on the page as they converge in a climax both tragic and inevitable. Watching over it all is the retrospective testimony of Angel’s younger sister Marie, who reflects on that doomed autumn of 2009 with all the wisdom of hindsight.Angel and Birdy love the same teenage boy, frantically and single mindedly, and are compelled by the intensity of their feelings to extremes neither could have anticipated. O’Nan’s expert hand paints a fully realized portrait of these women, but also weaves a compelling and heartbreaking story of working-class life in Ashaway, Rhode Island. Propulsive, moving, and deeply rendered, Ocean State is a masterful novel by one of our greatest storytellers.
Copies
Location
Call Number
Status
Last Check-In
Ashland Adult Fiction
O'NAN
Available
Jul 21, 2023
More Details
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780802159274, 0802159273
Notes
Description
"In the first line of Ocean State, we learn that a high school student was murdered, and we find out who did it. The story that unfolds from there with incredible momentum is thus one of the build-up to and fall-out from the murder, told through the alternating perspectives of the four women at its heart. Angel, the murderer, Carol, her mother, and Birdy, the victim, all come alive on the page as they converge in a climax both tragic and inevitable. Watching over it all is the retrospective testimony of Angel's younger sister Marie, who reflects on that doomed autumn of 2009 with all the wisdom of hindsight. Angel and Birdy love the same teenage boy, frantically and single mindedly, and are moved by the intensity of their feelings to extremes neither could have anticipated. O'Nan's expert hand paints a fully realized portrait of these women, but also weaves a compelling and heartbreaking story of working-class life in Ashaway, Rhode Island. Propulsive, haunting, and deeply rendered, Ocean State is a masterful novel by one of our greatest storytellers"--,Provided by publisher.
Citations
APA Citation (style guide)
O'Nan, S. (2022). Ocean state. First edition. New York, Atlantic Monthly Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)O'Nan, Stewart, 1961-. 2022. Ocean State. New York, Atlantic Monthly Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)O'Nan, Stewart, 1961-, Ocean State. New York, Atlantic Monthly Press, 2022.
MLA Citation (style guide)O'Nan, Stewart. Ocean State. First edition. New York, Atlantic Monthly Press, 2022.
Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
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