Women and Children First

Nashquitten, Massachusetts, is a coastal enclave that not even tourist season can revive, full of locals who have run the town''s industries for generations. When a young woman dies at a house party, the circumstances around her death suspiciously unclear, the tight-knit community is shaken. As a mother grieves her daughter, a teacher her student, a best friend her confidante, the events around the tragedy become a lightning rod: blame is cast, secrets are buried deeper. Some are left to pick up the pieces, while others turn their backs, and all the while, a truth about that dreadful night begins to emerge. Told through the eyes of ten local women, Alina Grabowski''s Women and Children First is an exquisite portrait of grief and a powerful reminder of life''s interconnectedness. Touching on womanhood, class, sexuality, ambition, disappointment, and tragedy, this novel is a stunning rendering of love and loss, and a bracing lesson from a phenomenal new literary talent.

Product details

• Authors: Alina Grabowski
• Publisher: Turnaround
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.07.2024
• EAN: 9781911648819
• ISBN: 978-1-911648-81-9
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Fiction > Narrative literature > Contemporary literature (from 1945); Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), FICTION / Literary, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary