Andromeda Romano-Lax
Autore di The Spanish Bow
Sull'Autore
Andromeda Ramona-Lax was born in Chicago in 1970. Her first novel, The Spanish Bow, was translated into eleven languages and was chosen as a New York Times Editors' Choice, BookSense pick, and one of Library Journal's Best Books of the Year. Ramona-Lax is also the author of the novel The Detour and mostra altro her nonfiction works include a dozen travel and natural history guidebooks. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
Fonte dell'immagine: Brian Lax
Opere di Andromeda Romano-Lax
Searching for Steinbeck's Sea of Cortez: A Makeshift Expedition Along Baja's Desert Coast (2002) 20 copie
How to Rent a Public Cabin in Southcentral Alaska: Access and Adventures for Hikers, Kayakers, Anglers, and More (How… (1999) 6 copie
NOCTURN PER A VIOLONCE 1 copia
O Violoncelista Espanhol 1 copia
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Informazioni generali
- Nome canonico
- Romano-Lax, Andromeda
- Data di nascita
- 1970
- Sesso
- female
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Nazione (per mappa)
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Luogo di residenza
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
Anchorage, Alaska, USA - Attività lavorative
- journalist
travel writer
cellist
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 21
- Utenti
- 828
- Popolarità
- #30,825
- Voto
- 3.7
- Recensioni
- 41
- ISBN
- 62
- Lingue
- 7
This book was a wow for me all around- from the story to the characters to the narrators. And what a wild ride. It felt like a mashup of the The Writing Retreat by Julia Hartz and The Last Thing He Told Me by Celeste Ng and I was a huge fan of both of these, and obviously a huge fan of Deepest Lake.
A huge draw for me initially was how culty the story sounded. Daughter disappears after working for writer with a huge cult following and obsessed fans. However- as I started reading, I couldn't be sure of what was going on at the retreat.
The narrators: Susan Bennett and Rebecca Quinn Robertson both did excellent jobs narrating the parts of the daughter and her mother. Both voices really embodied the personality of the characters that they read as, making this a very easy listen.
That being said, I also thought the alternating perspectives between the mother, Rose, and daughter, Jules, really built the mystery and also explored how far a mother will go for her child. Of course our main mystery is what happened to Jules and where did she go after leaving home to work for favorite author in Guatemala in what looks from the outside to be a dream job. With Jules missing, Rose leaves to retrace her daughters steps and find out what happened and whether this beloved author of Jules could have had anything to do with her daughter's disappearance.
Because Jules is missing, we learn of Jules through the past; her arrival on the island and how she met/got hired by Eva (the author), then what it was like working at the writing workshops with Eva. Rose is searching for Jules in the present.
I loved both Jules and Rose, as both seemed to be genuinely kind people, and it was hard to not become invested in them and find Jules.
The twists that this story takes are nothing short of wild. This story went in directions I would have never guessed and cannot even begin to put into words without revealing too much of the story.
This was a 10 out of 10 for me, a please pick up if you like a good mystery, strong female lead, family drama, culty thriller, etc. book. Highly recommend.… (altro)