Strange Fits of Passion
A young and successful journalist working in New York, Maureen English appears to have the perfect life and family. But Maureen’s husband, a highly respected fellow reporter, has in private a tendency towards alcohol and violent abuse. When the situation at home becomes unbearable, Maureen takes her baby daughter and flees.In a Maine fishing town she assumes a new identity and spends six weeks battling sub-zero temperatures, intrusive townsfolk and fear of discovery.
Against the force of the wintry sea – the cawing of the gulls, the lobstermen hauling their catch, the press of waves against the rocks – Maureen settles into the rhythms of a new life. But this calming respite is about to come crashing to an end …
Reviews
‘Superbly rendered… touching and troubling… a subtle and searing book’ Cosmopolitan
‘Anita Shreve’s chilling, highly plausible novel moved me to tears’ Val Hennessy, Daily Mail