The Watery Part of the World
Author: Parker, Michael
ISBN: 9781616201432
Publisher: Workman Publishing
Year First Published: 2015
Pages: 288
Dimensions: 5.5 inches x 8.25 inches x 0.81 inches
Format: Paperback / softback
Description:
Michael Parker’s vast and involving novel about pirates and slaves, treason and treasures, madness and devotion, takes place on a tiny island battered by storms and cut off from the world. Inspired by two little-known moments in history, it begins in 1813, when Theodosia Burr, en route to New York by ship to meet her father, Aaron Burr, disappears off the coast of North Carolina. It ends a hundred and fifty years later, when the last three inhabitants of a remote island—two elderly white women and the black man who takes care of them—are forced to leave their beloved spot of land. Parker tells an enduring story about what we’ll sacrifice for love, and what we won’t.
ISBN: 9781616201432
Publisher: Workman Publishing
Year First Published: 2015
Pages: 288
Dimensions: 5.5 inches x 8.25 inches x 0.81 inches
Format: Paperback / softback
Description:
Michael Parker’s vast and involving novel about pirates and slaves, treason and treasures, madness and devotion, takes place on a tiny island battered by storms and cut off from the world. Inspired by two little-known moments in history, it begins in 1813, when Theodosia Burr, en route to New York by ship to meet her father, Aaron Burr, disappears off the coast of North Carolina. It ends a hundred and fifty years later, when the last three inhabitants of a remote island—two elderly white women and the black man who takes care of them—are forced to leave their beloved spot of land. Parker tells an enduring story about what we’ll sacrifice for love, and what we won’t.
