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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
A cross-country novel of sisterhood - like a feminist version of the Odyssey or a wild retelling of Thelma & Louise set across post-capitalist America.
'A magnificent beast of a book: epic' Roxane Gay
'Large in scope and heart' Patrick deWitt
'It blew me away' Emma Donoghue
'Unforgettable' Nathan Hill
'A blast' Karen Russell
On the day of their estranged father's wedding, half-sisters Cheyenne and Livy set off to claim their inheritance. It's been years since the two have seen each other but the promise of a shot at financial security brings the two together to claim what's theirs.
Except: instead of money, their father gives them information - a name - that reveals a stunning family secret. And in the face of their new reality, the sisters each set out on journeys that will test their faith in each other, as well as their definitions of freedom.
Praise for The Great Offshore Grounds: 'It blew me away' Emma Donoghue
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A deeply moving picaresque... Veselka is a remarkable writer, able to break through the surfaces of her narrative to reveal the animal chaos underneath. - Los Angeles Times
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This is a novel that feels like hitchhiking: the route is unpredictable but fated and exciting, with an air of treachery. - Vulture
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The portrayal of the choices one must make when living paycheck to paycheck in late capitalist America is realistic and devastating. - Seattle Times
Vanessa Veselka
VANESSA VESELKA is the author of the novel, ZAZEN, which won the PEN/Robert Bingham prize for fiction. Her short stories have appeared in Tin House and her nonfiction in GQ, The Atlantic, Smithsonian, the Atavist and was included in Best American Essays and the anthology Bitchfest: Ten Years of Cultural Criticism.
She has been, at various times, a teenage runaway, a sex-worker, a union organizer, an independent record label owner, a train-hopper, a waitress, and a mother.
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