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A TORONTO STAR BESTSELLER

From the Giller-nominated author of Y, a taut, suspenseful novel about the dark corners of a small town, and the secrets that lurk within...

By a frozen lake, ten-year-old Jesse waits for his father.
It's New Year's Day, and his dad promised a fresh start.
But Jesse messed it all up.
And that's when he meets the woman.

In the months ahead, the woman's sudden disappearance sets off a chain of events in Whale Bay, spanning out like fracture lines into the lives of her husband, the detective trying to solve her case, and of Jesse and his family--a young boy cracking like ice under the weight of a terrible secret. How A Woman Becomes a Lake is a chilling literary mystery that asks what happens when we are failed by the ones we love.

How a Woman Becomes a Lake

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      Publisher: Random House Canada
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 22/09/2020
      ISBN13: 9780735235847, 978-0735235847
      ISBN10: 0735235848

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A TORONTO STAR BESTSELLER

      From the Giller-nominated author of Y, a taut, suspenseful novel about the dark corners of a small town, and the secrets that lurk within...

      By a frozen lake, ten-year-old Jesse waits for his father.
      It's New Year's Day, and his dad promised a fresh start.
      But Jesse messed it all up.
      And that's when he meets the woman.

      In the months ahead, the woman's sudden disappearance sets off a chain of events in Whale Bay, spanning out like fracture lines into the lives of her husband, the detective trying to solve her case, and of Jesse and his family--a young boy cracking like ice under the weight of a terrible secret. How A Woman Becomes a Lake is a chilling literary mystery that asks what happens when we are failed by the ones we love.

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