{"product_id":"the-lake-of-dreams-isbn-9780143120360","title":"The Lake of Dreams","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom Kim Edwards, the author of the #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestseller \u003ci\u003eThe Memory Keeper's Daughter\u003c\/i\u003e, an arresting novel of one family's secret history\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eImbued with all the lyricism, compassion, and suspense of her bestselling novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Memory Keeper's Daughter\u003c\/i\u003e, Kim Edwards’s \u003ci\u003eThe Lake of Dreams\u003c\/i\u003e is a powerful family drama and an unforgettable story of love lost and found.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLucy Jarrett is at a crossroads in her life, still haunted by her father's unresolved death a decade earlier. She returns to her hometown in Upstate New York, The Lake of Dreams, and, late one night, she cracks the lock of a window seat and discovers a collection of objects. They appear to be idle curiosities, but soon Lucy realizes that she has stumbled across a dark secret from her family's past, one that will radically change her—and the future of her family—forever.\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Lake of Dreams \u003c\/i\u003ewill delight those who loved \u003ci\u003eThe Memory Keeper’s Daughter\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as fans of Anna Quindlen and Sue Miller.“Once again, Edwards has created a memorable cast of easily recognizable characters . . . This is a powerful story about the influence of history, the importance of our beliefs, and the willingness to embrace them all.” —\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eBooklist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“Gorgeously written. . . . luminously beautiful.” —\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Dallas Morning News\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“[Edwards’s] latest novel, set in the Finger Lakes region of her native New York, is another tour de force that showcases her talent for engaging readers immediately and, her agile prose would argue, effortlessly.” —\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eLouisville Courier-Journal\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“Beautifully written, with vivid imagery and emotion, this book shines with artistry. Edwards has another winner here, and I look forward to reading more of her work.” —\u003cb\u003eBookreporter.com\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Kim Edwards writes with great wisdom and compassion about family, choices, secrets, and redemption.” —\u003cb\u003eLuanne Rice\u003c\/b\u003eKim Edwards is the author of the #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestseller \u003ci\u003eThe Memory Keeper’s Daughter\u003c\/i\u003e, which was translated into thirty-eight languages.\u003ci\u003e  The Lake of Dreams \u003c\/i\u003eis her second \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling novel.  She is also the author of a collection of short stories, \u003ci\u003eThe Secrets of a Fire King\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003ci\u003e  \u003c\/i\u003eHer honors include the Whiting Award, the British Book Award, and \u003ci\u003eUSA\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eToday\u003c\/i\u003e’\u003ci\u003es\u003c\/i\u003e Book of the Year, as well as the Nelson Algren Award, a National Magazine Award, and a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.  A graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, she has taught widely in the US and Asia, and currently lives in Lexington, Kentucky.\u003ci\u003ePrologue\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlthough it is nearly midnight, an unusual light slips through a crack in the wool, brushing her arm like the feathers of a wing. In the next room her parents sleep, and the darkened village is silent, but she has lain awake all these hours and now she climbs out of bed, the floorboards rough against her feet. For weeks people have talked of nothing but the comet, how the earth will pass through clouds of poison vapors in its tail, how the world could end. She is fifteen, and all day she and her brother helped seal the house—windows, doors, even the chimney—with thick black wool, hammers tapping everywhere as their neighbors did the same.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe narrow triangle of strange light touches her here, then there, as she crosses the room. She is wearing her blue dress, almost outgrown, the worn cotton soft against her skin. In this room, a low space over the shop that is hers alone, the wool is only loosely fastened to the window, and when she yanks a corner the cloth falls away, pale comet light swimming all around. She pushes the window open and takes a breath: one, and then another, deeper. Nothing happens. No poison gas, no searing lungs—only the watery spring, the scents of growing things and, distantly, the sea.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd this odd light. The constellations are as familiar as the lines on her own palms, so she does not have to search to find the comet. It soars high, a streaming jewel, circling the years, thrilling and portentous. Distantly a dog barks, and the chickens rustle and complain in their coops. Soft voices rise, mingling, her brother’s and another, one she knows; her heart quickens with anger and yearning both. She hesitates. She has not planned this moment—the turning point of her life it will become. Yet it is also no impulse that pulls her onto the window ledge, her bare feet dangling a few yards above the garden. She is dressed, after all. She left the wool loose on purpose. All day she has been dreaming of the comet, its wild and fiery beauty, what it might mean, how her life might change. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe voices rise, and she then leaps.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46301533831397,"sku":"NP9780143120360","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780143120360.jpg?v=1767740097","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-lake-of-dreams-isbn-9780143120360","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}