{"product_id":"9780735241978","title":"Tides","description":"\u003cb\u003eA TIME Magazine Best Book of 2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“I loved it.” —Miranda Cowley Heller, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Paper Palace\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Brilliant, elegant, and unsparing.\" —Emma Cline\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Irresistible... I read it in an afternoon but I'll be thinking about it for a long time.\" —Douglas Stuart, author of \u003ci\u003eYoung Mungo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom an astounding new voice in Canadian literature comes an intoxicating, compact novel about a woman who walks out of her life and washes up in a seaside town\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter a sudden, devastating loss, Mara flees her family and ends up adrift in a wealthy seaside town with a dead cellphone and barely any money. Mired in her grief, Mara detaches from the outside world and spends her days of self-imposed exile scrounging for food and swimming in the night ocean. In her state of emotional extremis, the sea at the town's edge is rendered bleak, luminous, implacable.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs her money runs out and tourist season comes to a close, Mara finds a job at the local wine store. There, she meets Simon, the shop's soft-spoken, lonely owner. Confronted with the possibility of connection with Simon and the slow return of her desires and appetites, the reasons for her flight begin to emerge.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReminiscent of works by Rachel Cusk, Jenny Offill, and Sheila Heti, \u003ci\u003eTides\u003c\/i\u003e is a spare, visceral debut novel about the nature of selfhood, intimacy, and the private narratives that shape our lives. A shattering and unforgettable debut.","brand":"Sara Freeman (CA)","offers":[{"title":"Penguin Canada |  Hardback  |  2022-01-18","offer_id":44151524065535,"sku":"9780735241978","price":29.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/products\/BNCImageAPI_2c7dff1a-3270-428b-99af-8d983dcfde0b.jpg?v=1641416858","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9780735241978","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}