Jessica Westhead (Libri)

Jessica Westhead Libri

Jessica Westhead è una scrittrice ed editrice con sede a Toronto, celebrata per i suoi racconti magistrali e come co-creatrice di YOSS (Year of the Short Story). La sua narrativa è apparsa su importanti riviste letterarie in Canada e negli Stati Uniti. Il lavoro di Westhead esplora le complessità delle relazioni umane, affrontando spesso temi di vulnerabilità e resilienza con un distinto tocco stilistico. La sua scrittura è nota per la profonda intuizione nella psicologia dei personaggi e la capacità di catturare le sottili sfumature della vita quotidiana.

Worry

256pagine
9 ore di lettura

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A riveting novel about a mother’s all-consuming worry for her child over forty-eight hours at a remote cottage with old friends and a mysterious neighbour, for fans of Little Fires Everywhere and Truly Madly GuiltyRuth is the fiercely protective mother of almost-four-year-old Fern. Together they visit a remote family cottage belonging to Stef, the woman who has been Ruth’s best friend—and Ruth's husband’s best friend—for years. Stef is everything Ruth is not—confident, loud, carefree—and someone Ruth cannot seem to escape. While Fern runs wild with Stef’s older twins and dockside drinks flow freely among the adults, they’re joined by Stef’s neighbour Marvin, a man whose frantic pursuit of fun is only matched by his side comments about his absent wife. As day moves into night and darkness settles over the woods, the edges between these friends and a stranger sharpen until a lingering suspicion becomes an undeniable threat.