false 228534 26 A newspaper photographer, Jean, researches the lurid and sensational ax murder of two women in 1873 as an editorial tie-in with a brutal modern double murder. (Can you guess which one?) She discovers a cache of papers that appear to give an account of the murders by an eyewitness. The plot weaves between the narrative of the eyewitness and Jean's private struggle with jealousies and suspicions as her marriage teeters. A rich, textured novel. 221326 book 7 1 1997 The Weight of Water total:4939|5:759|4:1726|3:1788|2:552|1:114| 4939 17281 6229 429 2 2 false false Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 20 07:45:03 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 20 07:49:10 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 2 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Tue Jan 15 10:43:50 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 15 10:49:27 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 2 false false Mon Mar 10 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Mar 01 08:28:41 -0800 2008 Mon Mar 10 07:36:12 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 2 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Fri Aug 24 21:49:55 -0700 2007 Fri Aug 24 21:51:05 -0700 2007
This book switched back and forth between a modern day photographer, and the story of the island she was photographing,d and the memoir written of...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Jan 24 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 24 11:29:48 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 24 11:32:07 -0800 2009
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