false 3513 5171 0345439104 9780345439109 586 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1221103137m/5171.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1221103137s/5171.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5171.Drowning_Ruth 3.46 6043 “POWERFUL . . . SUSPENSEFUL . . . RICHLY TEXTURED . . . [A] CHILLING, PRECOCIOUSLY GOOD START TO A BRIGHT NEW NOVELIST’S CAREER.”
–The New York Times

“[A] gripping psychological thriller . . . In the winter of 1919, a young mother named Mathilda Neumann drowns beneath the ice of a rural Wisconsin lake. The shock of her death dramatically changes the lives of her daughter, troubled sister, and husband. . . . Told in the voices of several of the main characters and skipping back and forth in time, the narrative gradually and tantalizingly reveals the dark family secrets and the unsettling discoveries that lead to the truth of what actually happened the night of the drowning. . . . Schwarz certainly succeeds at keeping the reader engrossed.”
–FRANCINE PROSE
Us Weekly

“DEFT AND ASSURED . . . [WITH] STRONG CHARACTERS AND A PLOT LONG ON TENSION AND SURPRISES.”
–Time

“A strong sense of portent and unusually vivid characters distinguish this mesmerizing first novel about horrifying family secrets and nearly annihilating guilt. Drowning Ruth is a complex and rewarding debut.”
–ANITA SHREVE
Author of The Pilot’s Wife

“RIVETING . . . A VERY SUSPENSEFUL TALE, ONE THAT WILL KEEP READERS UP SHIVERING IN THE NIGHT.”
–USA Today
]]> 3513 3.41 7073 759 2000 1308433 0345439112 9780345439116 45 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182658177m/1308433.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182658177s/1308433.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1308433.All_Is_Vanity 2.90 237 All Is Vanity sends up so many different things, you need a list to keep track of them all. Taking a drubbing are: the pretensions of would-be writers ("How many people believe they have a novel fully formed in the backs of their brains ... and are convinced if only they could manage to tear themselves away from much more important work, they would just 'write it up'?"); the consumerist frenzy of L.A. (Letty's realtor tells her that her yard "could be 'emotional' with the right landscaping'"); and, of course, the uses and abuses of female friendship. Schwartz, author of the bestseller Drowning Ruth, draws us in with farce, then changes course and gives us a bittersweet indictment of personal ambition. In the process, she shows herself as a writer both compassionate and hilariously cruel--no mean trick. --Claire Dederer]]> 3513 3.41 7073 759 2002 2418134 0385510292 9780385510295 69 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255796664m/2418134.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255796664s/2418134.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2418134.So_Long_at_the_Fair_A_Novel 2.68 179 In SO LONG AT THE FAIR, Christina Schwarz explores the lure of new attraction, the pull of long-established love, and the lengths people will go to satisfy their deepest desires. Like Drowning Ruth, it weaves past and present into a richly textured portrait of the secrets and deceptions that simmer beneath everyday life in a small midwestern town.

In the summer of 1963, a plot for revenge destroys a career, a friendship, and a family. The consequences of the scandalous event continue to reverberate, touching the next generation. Thirty years later, over the course of one day, Jon struggles to decide whether to end his affair or his marriage. His wife, moving closer to discovering his adultery, becomes involved with an older man mysteriously connected to their families’ past. And Jon’s mistress is courted by a suitor who is alternately comic and menacing. As relationships among the characters ebb and flow on that July day, Schwarz illuminates the ties that bind people together—and the risks they take in the name of love.

The New York Times called Drowning Ruth, “Powerful...[a] chilling, precocious good start to a new novelist’s career.” With SO LONG AT THE FAIR, Schwarz fulfills that promise and emerges as one of the best novelists writing today.

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