{"product_id":"marrow-island-isbn-9781328710345","title":"Marrow Island","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Eerie and intriguing . . . captivates in the first few pages and delivers a gripping, compelling story throughout.”—\u003ci\u003eMilwaukee Journal Sentinel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Smith’s excellent command of language gives life to arresting characters and their creepy surroundings, keeping the suspense in this dark environmental thriller running high.”\u003c\/b\u003e—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eElle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e It has been twenty years since Lucie Bowen left the islands—when the May Day Quake shattered thousands of lives; when Lucie’s father disappeared in an explosion at the Marrow Island oil refinery, a tragedy that destroyed the island’s ecosystem; and when Lucie and her best friend, Katie, were just Puget Sound children hoping to survive.\u003cbr\u003e Now, Katie writes with strange and miraculous news. Marrow Island is no longer uninhabitable and no longer abandoned. She is part of a community that has managed to conjure life again from Marrow’s soil. Lucie returns. Her journalist instincts tell her there’s more to this mysterious “Colony” and their charismatic leader—a former nun with an all-consuming plan—than its members want her to know. As she uncovers their secrets, will Lucie endanger more than their mission? And what price will she pay for the truth?\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Transporting.”\u003c\/b\u003e—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Beautifully wrought.”\u003c\/b\u003e—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eO, The Oprah Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Engrossing and atmospheric, a thorny meditation on environmental responsibility with a big haunted heart.”\u003c\/b\u003e—\u003cb\u003eLaura van den Berg\u003ci\u003e,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eMiami Herald\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePacific Northwest Book Award Winner   Winner of the Lambda Literary Awards—Bisexual Fiction   An Indie Next Pick (June 2016)\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cb\u003eOne of \u003ci\u003eElle\u003c\/i\u003e's \"19 Summer Books That Everyone Will Be Talking About\"\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cb\u003eOne of BookRiot's \"Most Anticipated Reads of 2016\"   One of Refinery29's \"Best Books of 2016 So Far\"\u003c\/b\u003e     \"Smith's excellent command of language gives life to arresting characters and their creepy surroundings, keeping the suspense in this dark environmental thriller running high.\"—\u003ci\u003eElle\u003c\/i\u003e, \"19 Summer Books That Everyone Will Be Talking About\"     \"Alexis M. Smith's \u003ci\u003eMarrow Island \u003c\/i\u003eis transporting.\"—\u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e     \"A faltering journalist returns to an island abandoned after an earthquake released a toxic spill. That's the beautifully wrought setting of this novel, which reunites two childhood friends, one of whom has joined a sect claiming it can heal the land.\"—\u003ci\u003eO, The Oprah Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e     \"This alluring novel explores the darkness of love, how it can cajole you into danger or tip your actions toward cruelty. Clean but intoxicating writing...Ambitious.\"—\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e     \"Too often novels that scratch at environmental disaster become pigeonholed as dystopia or sensational science fiction. It’s a skillful writer who can overcome this problem of genre. Alexis M. Smith, whose debut novel, \u003ci\u003eGlaciers\u003c\/i\u003e, was a stealth cult hit, is an elegant writer to watch. Her \u003ci\u003eMarrow Island\u003c\/i\u003e is an ambitious literary novel with an intensely personal core.\"—\u003ci\u003eMinneapolis Star Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e     \"Smith's book captivates in the first few pages and delivers a gripping, compelling story throughout....There's a consistent feeling of the fragility of life and loss — from the large disasters that devastate a region to the personal losses of relationships and friendships — and the healing that occurs after these events.\"—\u003ci\u003eMilwuakee Journal Sentinel\u003c\/i\u003e    \u003ci\u003e\"Marrow Island\u003c\/i\u003e is ambitious and provocative. This eloquent and soft-spoken novel explodes as it confronts eco-terrorism, natural disasters, and radical Catholicism...This spellbinding novel takes unexpected turns as it races to its final scene. This book mines the wells of forgiveness and passion.\"—Signature Reads, \"10 Overlooked Books of 2016\"     \"Excellent...Smith’s story carries the same heft, descriptive nuance, and narrative spark that distinguished her debut [\u003ci\u003eGlaciers\u003c\/i\u003e], but this time, she more finely hones her characters’ emotional rhythm and atmospheric location to create a thoroughly eerie reading experience capped off with a startling conclusion.\"—\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, starred and boxed review      \"A stunning novel about sacrifice for the sake of survival in the aftermath of natural and man-made disasters...In graceful and dolorous prose, she captures a dense and dramatic landscape, evoking questions of what it means to harm -- ourselves, our surroundings -- and to heal. Engrossing eco-fiction, eerie and earnest.\" —\u003ci\u003eKirkus\u003c\/i\u003e     \"A compelling, complex meditation on both the power and the vulnerability of the natural world.\"\u003ci\u003e—Booklist\u003c\/i\u003e     \"Tucked into this suspenseful plot are stunning and important reflections on nature and the environment, its awe-inspiring power and the many ways humanity both detracts from that power and willfully ignores it\u003ci\u003e—\u003c\/i\u003eand how that shapes our lives.\" \u003ci\u003e—Shelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e     \"[\u003ci\u003eMarrow Island\u003c\/i\u003e] is weird and glorious and I loved it. Different from \u003ci\u003eGlaciers\u003c\/i\u003e, but still wonderful. \u003ci\u003eMarrow Island\u003c\/i\u003e is about a journalist who returns to her home island to possibly report on a sketchy environmental colony that has set up residence on the island, and to visit her childhood best friend, who is one of the colony’s residents.\"—\u003ci\u003eBookRiot\u003c\/i\u003e, \"Our Most Anticipated Reads of 2016\"     \"Engrossing and atmospheric, a thorny meditation on environmental responsibility with a big haunted heart.\"—\u003ci\u003eMiami Herald\u003c\/i\u003e, “\u003ca\u003eWhat do you recommend?\u003c\/a\u003e” by Laura van den Berg     \"An eerie, haunting mystery.\"—\u003ci\u003eWoman’s Day\u003c\/i\u003e     \"A foreboding, compelling story of humanity's uneasy relationship with nature and with each other, told in lyrical language that continually propels the reader further in...Between the suspense of the story and Smith's poetic prose...\u003ci\u003eMarrow Island\u003c\/i\u003e is a gripping read.\"—\u003ci\u003eSt.Louis Post-Dispatch\u003c\/i\u003e     \"A wonderfully bewitching story, Alexis M. Smith's second book is as amazing as her first. This novel weaves together her skill with character and a delicious thread of intrigue and mystery. The voice is simply beautiful, and I can't wait to reread this one.\"—Powell's Midyear Roundup, \"The Best Books of 2016 So Far\"     \"A beautifully written, slightly sinister piece of post-disaster fiction set in the Pacific Northwest...It’s fascinating, and Smith’s intimate biological knowledge of the region, together with her shimmering prose, makes for a novel as beautiful as Annie Dillard’s \u003ci\u003eThe Living\u003c\/i\u003e, but far more suspenseful.\"—Ellis Avery, \u003ci\u003ePublic Books\u003c\/i\u003e     \"Wrenching and limpidly written...Smith is excellent at showing the terrible things people can do for the sake of their ideals...A near-perfect read.\"—\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e     \"\u003ci\u003eMarrow Island \u003c\/i\u003e[is a] marvelously spun post-disaster story. The author reaches into the depths of our connections to our pasts, our loved ones, [and] our devotions.\"—My Edmonds News     \"[\u003ci\u003eMarrow Island\u003c\/i\u003e] is moody and atmospheric, and her [Smith's] descriptions are stunning...It's quite an immersive reading experience.\"—\u003ci\u003eFourth Street Review\u003c\/i\u003e     “Conjuring a lush and mysterious landscape, \u003ci\u003eMarrow Island\u003c\/i\u003e investigates the impact of the losses of the past—be they loved ones, failed quests, or the environmental calamities brought on by our collective blindness. By turns elegiac, compelling, and timely, it seeks real answers and finds the possibility of miracles. This is a beautiful novel.” —Edan Lepucki, author of\u003ci\u003e California\u003c\/i\u003e     \"Returning to the islands of her youth, Lucie Bowen finds her long-lost soulmate caught up with a mysterious commune called Marrow Colony and finds herself with no choice but to face the painful past. At once a page-turner and a sustained lyrical meditation on a beloved landscape, this novel also shines a spotlight on the anxieties of living in a world with such environmental uncertainties. The depth of what we possess—and what we stand to lose—is achingly drawn.\" —Amanda Coplin, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Orchardist\u003c\/i\u003e     \"I was already happy to count myself among Alexis Smith's admirers, but \u003ci\u003eMarrow Island\u003c\/i\u003e has brought me to a new level of fandom. From the intricately suspenseful plotting, the remote and intoxicating atmosphere, and the haunted, flinty heroine at the center, this novel absorbed me with the force of a\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mariner Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44890268958949,"sku":"NP9781328710345","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781328710345.jpg?v=1730232908","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/marrow-island-isbn-9781328710345","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}