The Weight Of Water
Anita Shreve
- On
- Smuttynose
- Island,
- off
- the
- coast
- of
- New
- Hampshire,
- more
- than
- a
- century
- ago,
- two
- Norwegian
- immigrant
- women
- were
- brutally
- murdered.
- A
- third
- woman
- survived
- by
- hiding
- in
- a
- cave
- until
- dawn.
- In
- 1995,
- Jean,
- a
- photographer,
- is
- sent
- on
- an
- assignment
- to
- shoot
- a
- photo
- essay
- about
- the
- legendary
- crime.
- Taking
- her
- extended
- family
- with
- her,
- Jean
- stays
- in
- a
- sailboat
- anchored
- off
- the
- coast,
- and
- finds
- herself
- gradually
- becoming
- more
- and
- more
- engrossed
- in
- the
- bay's
- mysterious
- and
- gruesome
- past.
- Wandering
- into
- a
- library
- one
- day,
- she
- unearths
- letters
- written
- by
- Maren,
- the
- sole
- survivor
- of
- the
- murder
- spree.
- Jean's
- fear
- of
- losing
- all
- that
- she
- cares
- about
- is
- reflected
- in
- Maren's
- poignant
- tale
- of
- love
- and
- loss,
- and
- her
- obsession
- with
- the
- ancient
- story
- drives
- her
- to
- wild
- impulsive
- action
- --
- with
- unrecoverable consequences.
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