The Polite Act of Drowning
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Narrated by:
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Ina Marie Smith
About this listen
The luminous debut novel from one of Ireland's finest storytellers
Michigan, 1985.
The drowning of a teenage girl causes ripples in the small town of Kettle Lake, though for most the waters settle quickly. For sixteen year old Joanne Kennedy, however, the tragedy dredges up untold secrets and causes her mother to drift farther from reality and her family.
When troubled newcomer Lucinda arrives in town, she offers Joanne a chance of real friendship, and together the teenagers push against the boundaries of family, self-image, and their sexuality during the tension of a long, stifling summer. But the undercurrents of past harms continuously threaten to drag Joanne and those around her under...
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Critic reviews
'The Polite Act of Drowning is a beautiful and captivating novel, lyrical and sensuous, a precise and faithful evocation of the tumult and trauma of family life, and of emergence into adulthood, and the confrontation of truths about ourselves and the people we love' - Donal Ryan
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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- Anonymous User
- 25-07-24
Beautiful depictions of the water
Very well narrated but unfortunately for me...I'm done with yet another trauma story...I thought it was more about the young character discovering her world and people. Instead she gets bogged down by the generation before..
It doesn't read like 1985...I kept feeling the sixties through the depictions and nuances within the story...
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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- eileen boyle
- 12-06-23
sensitive story
Nicely paced story of ordinary life with its up and downs and crisis. Also showing the impact of traumatic experience and how this is carried forward into other stages and ages in one's life. Tells us how it is so important for us humans ro share our experiences and to have people we can trust.
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