The weight of water follows two stories, one about a mysterious double murder in the 1870s, the other a modern day story line that seeks answers to the first. Discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that delivers new books every 1, 2, or 3 months new customers receive 15% off your. Half of the novel is historical fiction based on the smuttynose island murders, which took place in 1873. About the missing father, kasienka thinks, tata does not want to be found. Published january 7th 1998 by back bay books first published 1997. Armed with a suitcase and an old laundry bag filled with cloth. You may think that this is boring, but actually it is one of my favourite books.
In creating the weight of water, shreve carefully wove the historical story with the fictional one, though, she maintains the heart of the book has almost nothing. Written with assurance and grace, plangent with foreboding and a taut sense of inexorability, the weight of water is a powerfully compelling tale of passion, a provocative and disturbing meditation on the nature of love. Theres a book out there for every teenager, even the most reluctant of readers. Find books like the weight of water from the worlds largest community of readers. This is one of the most emotional, provocative and exciting novels ive read in a long time.
Crossan creates a complex protaganist, kasienka, who narrates entirely in verse. Moving and poetically rendered, this novelinverse is the story of a young girl whose determination to find out who she is prevails. The book was adapted for a film of the same name, directed by kathryn. Moving, unsentimental and utterly pageturning, we meet and share the experiences of a remarkable girl who shows us how quiet courage prevails. The weight of water is a comingofage novel in free verse. Author sarah crossan deals with heavy topics abandonment, bullying, adjustment to a life in a new country yet the narrative poem is lyrical, rich in sensory detail, and profoundly moving. Anita shreve author of the muchtouted the pilots wife has done the nearimpossible in the weight of water.
The weight of water is a startlingly original piece of fiction. The person who sold it to me did not mention that it was an editors. The weight of water helps you understand how refugees feel and how hard it can be a foreigner in a strange country. Try a few of the books below to see if they click with your teenager and help them. She has written two tragic tales, separated by more than 100 years, and coiled them seamlessly into one compelling narrative. After her husband faces a traumatic event on the underground, sa.
It is hard for me to even imagine a book better than this one. This book is about a polish girl called kasienka, who comes to. The weight of water is a novel written in a beautiful,poetic style which creates a fantastic story and atmosphere. The weight of water by anita shreve was a library book sale find for me. This book tells the story of 12 year old kasienka and her mother as they depart their native poland, with only a suitcase and a laundry bag containing their. As a 12yearold pole dragged to london, she experiences the onset of physical change while her social structure is in chaos. I have read it three times already over the past few years. Kasienka and her mother move to england, in search of tata,kasienkas dad who her mother is determined to find despite kasienkas reluctance. Kasienka encounters numerous problems throughout the book, in school and at home. The weight of water is a 1997 bestselling novel by anita shreve. The weight of water is a book entirely written in poetry. Oneminute booktalk for the weight of water, by sarah crossan. The weight of water kindle edition by crossan, sarah.
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