We Are Water is a novel that centers around Annie Oh and the life-changing decisions she's made at a time when most people are settling in to middle age. A time when most people are starting to take a breath after the hard work it sometimes takes to get to middle age. Instead, Annie has decided, after 27 years of marriage, to leave her husband and marry Viveca, her wealthy, Manhattan art dealer. A woman. The lead up to their wedding follows Annie's uncertainty as her past seems to be catching up to her...as secrets start to chase her. There are many side stories in We Are Water and all of them keep you turning the pages. It's a beautiful account of one woman's attempt to bury a painful past and the futility and harm that can result.
Once again, Wally Lamb doesn't fail to impress and his writing is beautiful. There are a handful of writers out there (in my humble opinion) who make words sing and dance across a page and make me so enamored of their talent. Wally Lamb is high on that list. (Pat Conroy, John Steinbeck are some others). Read this and if you 've not read him before - pick up all his books...you'll want to read them again and again.
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