We need to be talking about Kirsty Logan’s upcoming novel The Gracekeepers because it’s
We need to be talking about Kirsty Logan’s upcoming novel The Gracekeepers because it’s had a special place in my little job heart for months and now that it’s almost time for it, I need everyone else to know about it, too.As a Gracekeeper, Callanish administers shoreside burials, sending the dead to their final resting place deep in the depths of the ocean. Alone on her island, she has exiled herself to a life of tending watery graves as penance for a long-ago mistake that still haunts her. Meanwhile, North works as a circus performer with the Excalibur, a floating troupe of acrobats, clowns, dancers, and trainers who sail from one archipelago to the next, entertaining in exchange for sustenance.In a world divided between those inhabiting the mainland (“landlockers”) and those who float on the sea (“damplings”), loneliness has become a way of life for North and Callanish, until a sudden storm offshore brings change to both their lives–offering them a new understanding of the world they live in and the consequences of the past, while restoring hope in an unexpected future. This is a beautiful, ethereal, sad book that switches between the points of view of North and Callanish, drawing them together and apart again, while exploring their relationships with themselves and those around them. This is a book about women not being crushed by an overwhelmingly sad past and a nearly hopeless present, and finding their paths with each other.If you liked the feel of books like The Night Circus or The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender, this book is for you. In fact, another book with a similar understanding is, I think, Station Eleven, in that this is a book with a big genre plot that you’re reading for the people, the narrative, the language, the understanding.I’m determined to make this book happen in as big a way as possible, so please, please buy this book and love it. The Gracekeepers is out from crownpublishing on 5/19/15. -- source link
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