The Art of Floating
Author: O'Keeffe, Kristin Bair
ISBN: 9780425271483
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Year first published: 01 Apr 2014
Pages: 464
Format: Paperback / softback
An incredible new novel from a talented new author.BR>BR>b>At a time when nothing seems real,/b>br>b>it takes something truly unusual to put your life into focus./b>p>br>When her beloved husband Jackson disappeared without a trace, popular novelist Sia Dane stopped writing, closed down her house, stuffed her heart into a cage, and started floating. It wasn't the normal response to heartache, but Sia rarely did things the normal way.br>br>Exactly one year, one month, and six days after Jackson's disappearance, Sia discovers a mysterious man on the beach. He's mute, unresponsive, and looks as if he has just walked out of the sea. It's the sort of situation Jackson would have solved with a simple call to the police. But Jackson is gone.br>br>As unreal as he seems, Sia is determined to help this man. Perhaps she can return him to his place in the world-to whoever lost him and loves him. Perhaps she can answer their questions the way no one could answer hers.br>br>But as her friends and family help her winnow her way to the truth, Sia comes to realize that the unfathomable leap between sorrow and healing begins with a single step.br>/p>
ISBN: 9780425271483
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Year first published: 01 Apr 2014
Pages: 464
Format: Paperback / softback
An incredible new novel from a talented new author.BR>BR>b>At a time when nothing seems real,/b>br>b>it takes something truly unusual to put your life into focus./b>p>br>When her beloved husband Jackson disappeared without a trace, popular novelist Sia Dane stopped writing, closed down her house, stuffed her heart into a cage, and started floating. It wasn't the normal response to heartache, but Sia rarely did things the normal way.br>br>Exactly one year, one month, and six days after Jackson's disappearance, Sia discovers a mysterious man on the beach. He's mute, unresponsive, and looks as if he has just walked out of the sea. It's the sort of situation Jackson would have solved with a simple call to the police. But Jackson is gone.br>br>As unreal as he seems, Sia is determined to help this man. Perhaps she can return him to his place in the world-to whoever lost him and loves him. Perhaps she can answer their questions the way no one could answer hers.br>br>But as her friends and family help her winnow her way to the truth, Sia comes to realize that the unfathomable leap between sorrow and healing begins with a single step.br>/p>
