{"product_id":"under-water","title":"Under Water","description":"\n\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTara Menon \u003c\/b\u003ewas born in India, grew up in Singapore, spent a decade in New York, and now lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts where she is an assistant professor of English at Harvard University. Her writing has appeared in \n\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e, the \n\u003ci\u003eNation\u003c\/i\u003e and the \n\u003ci\u003eParis Review\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eUnder Water\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"[A] luminous debut that moves with the speed of a single held breath... [The] novel shows how grief behaves like weather, returning without warning and changing the air in a room...What lingers is not disaster, but devotion: love refusing to sink.\" -- \n\u003cb\u003eOprah Daily \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Evocative...a contemplative, slow-burning novel that invites readers to swim in its emotional undercurrents \n\u003cb\u003e.\"--Boston.com\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Stunning and complex; a book that admits no easy answers but also refuses to avoid the hard questions.\"-- \n\u003cb\u003eKirkus, STARRED review \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Menon's dynamic debut...is sure to pull at the reader's heartstrings.\" \n\u003cb\u003e --\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Stunning. . . . Menon's mesmerizing descriptions. . .are best read slowly and savored. . . a memorable addition to the literature of grief, combining the captivating force of Joan Didion's \n\u003ci\u003e The Year of Magical Thinking \u003c\/i\u003ewith the mysteriousness of Namwali Serpell's \n\u003ci\u003e The Furrows.\"--\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBookPage\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Tara Menon beautifully evokes the intensity of a young woman's lost friendship, and the extraordinary natural world - on land and in the ocean - in which that friendship was forged. \n\u003ci\u003eUnder Water\u003c\/i\u003e, in equal measure compelling and heart wrenching, is a remarkable debut. \" -- \n\u003cb\u003eClaire Messud, author of \u003ci\u003eThis Strange Eventful History\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Emperor's Children\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Reading \n\u003ci\u003eUnder Water\u003c\/i\u003e is like being under water: immersive and stirring, pellucid and mysterious, shot through with light and with shades, overwhelming and exquisite-in a word, sublime.\" -- \n\u003cb\u003eNamwali Serpell, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Old Drift\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Furrows\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A novel of remarkable delicacy and power, \n\u003ci\u003eUnder Water\u003c\/i\u003e is about grief, friendship, home, and longing. Menon writes exquisite sentences, sensual and particular, each containing an entire world.\"-- \n\u003cb\u003eKatie Kitamura, author of \u003ci\u003eAudition\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eIntimacies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eNAMED A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF THE YEAR BY TIME, NPR, OPRAH DAILY, KIRKUS REVIEWS, DEBUTIFUL AND MORE! \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"In equal measure compelling and heart wrenching. \" --Claire Messud \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Overwhelming and exquisite-in a word, sublime.\" --Namwali Serpell \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A novel of remarkable delicacy and power.\"--Katie Kitamura \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn intense, atmospheric novel about the devastating power of friendship, set against the backdrop of two cataclysmic events\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter Marissa loses her mother at six, the most intimate relationship of her life begins. Her marine biologist father, determined to channel his grief into completing his wife's research, whisks her across the globe to Thailand. There she meets Arielle, and a fairytale friendship takes hold. During the week, the girls live at the resort owned by Arielle's parents; on the weekends they join the tight-knit community of researchers on a nearby island. Together the girls discover the fragile wonders of its reefs, forests, and beaches. Together they learn to dive into the deep, holding their breath for minutes at a time, as effortlessly synchronized as the manta rays they come to know by name. Together they learn to swim their way out of danger. But then comes a wave Arielle can't outpace, leaving Marissa gutted with loss. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eYears later, Marissa is back in New York, adrift and haunted by the memory of her friend. Over the course of two fateful days, as another cataclysm approaches the city and the past comes flooding back, she discovers how to sustain herself in a precarious world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/span\u003e 01\/12\/2026 (EAN 9798217048311, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/span\u003e 01\/15\/2026 (EAN 9798217048311, Hardcover) - *Starred Review\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eBooklist\u003c\/span\u003e 02\/01\/2026 (EAN 9798217048311, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n","brand":"Riverhead Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51496055144726,"sku":"9798217048311","price":34.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0857\/9910\/8886\/files\/9798217048311.jpg?v=1783051992","url":"https:\/\/lusper.myshopify.com\/products\/under-water","provider":"Lusperbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}