Results for "Brafman, Michelle"

"Brafman's talent for drawing human emotion shines through in this episodic, deeply sensitive, and introspective novel of the human psyche."-- Booklist Bertrand Court is a captivating novel told in story form, intertwining seventeen luminous narratives about the secrets of a cast of politicos, filmm... Read More about Bertrand Court

From the acclaimed author of Washing the Dead and Bertrand Court comes a satirical and chilling, yet deeply-sensitive, tale that captures the ethos and ruin of children's competitive swimming, where parents must face the haunting spirits of their own tumultuous upbringings or risk losing their way a... Read More about Swimming with Ghosts

In the vein of Little Fires Everywhere, Swimming with Ghosts follows a beguiling cast of characters-surrounded by tumultuous forces beyond their control--who find that sometimes ashes make the best fertilizer for planting new fields and that they have the power to dodge the history they fear they ar... Read More about Swimming with Ghosts

"Brafman's talent for drawing human emotion shines through in this episodic, deeply sensitive, and introspective novel of the human psyche."-- Booklist Bertrand Court is a captivating novel told in story form, intertwining seventeen luminous narratives about the secrets of a cast of politicos, filmm... Read More about Bertrand Court

"Intimate, big-hearted, compassionate and clear-eyed, Brafman's novel turns secrets into truths and the truth into the heart of fiction." --AMY BLOOM, author of Lucky Us and Away "From roots in one religious tradition, comes a tale of emotional redemption for all of us. Michelle Brafman's astonishi... Read More about Washing the Dead

It's June 2012. The magical and slightly cultish River Run swim club is alive with the spirit of fun competition when a perfect storm brews between team moms and best friends Gillian Cloud and Kristy Weinstein. The ghost of family addiction has turned up, looming over their carefully planned pasta p... Read More about Swimming with Ghosts