As Close to Us as Breathing: A Novel
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In 1948, a small stretch of the Woodmont, Connecticut shoreline, affectionately named "Bagel Beach," has long been a summer destination for Jewish families. Here sisters Ada, Vivie, and Bec assemble at their beloved family cottage, with children in tow and weekend-only husbands who arrive each Friday in time for the Sabbath meal. During the weekdays, freedom reigns. Ada, the family beauty, relaxes and grows more playful, unimpeded by her rule-driven, religious husband. Vivie, once terribly wronged by her sister, is now the family diplomat and an increasingly inventive chef. Unmarried Bec finds herself forced to choose between the family-centric life she's always known and a passion-filled life with the married man with whom she's had a secret years-long affair. But when a terrible accident occurs on the sisters' watch, a summer of hope and self-discovery transforms into a lifetime of atonement and loss for members of this close-knit clan. Seen through the eyes of Molly, who was twelve years old when she witnessed the accident, this is the story of a tragedy and its aftermath, of expanding lives painfully collapsed. Can Molly, decades after the event, draw from her aunt Bec's hard-won wisdom and free herself from the burden that destroyed so many others? Elizabeth Poliner is a masterful storyteller, a brilliant observer of human nature, and in As Close to Us as Breathing she has created an unforgettable meditation on grief, guilt, and the boundaries of identity and love.
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Poliner, E. (2016). As Close to Us as Breathing: A Novel. [United States], Little, Brown and Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Poliner, Elizabeth. 2016. As Close to Us As Breathing: A Novel. [United States], Little, Brown and Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Poliner, Elizabeth, As Close to Us As Breathing: A Novel. [United States], Little, Brown and Company, 2016.
MLA Citation (style guide)Poliner, Elizabeth. As Close to Us As Breathing: A Novel. [United States], Little, Brown and Company, 2016.
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