We Are Water
A Novel
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3.9 • 918 Ratings
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Publisher Description
“A mesmerizing novel about a family in crisis.”— Miami Herald
A disquieting and ultimately uplifting novel about a marriage, a family, and human resilience in the face of tragedy, from Wally Lamb, the New York Times bestselling author of The Hour I First Believed and I Know This Much Is True.
After 27 years of marriage and three children, Anna Oh—wife, mother, outsider artist—has fallen in love with Viveca, the wealthy Manhattan art dealer who orchestrated her success. They plan to wed in the Oh family’s hometown of Three Rivers in Connecticut. But the wedding provokes some very mixed reactions and opens a Pandora’s Box of toxic secrets—dark and painful truths that have festered below the surface of the Ohs’ lives.
We Are Water is a layered portrait of marriage, family, and the inexorable need for understanding and connection, told in the alternating voices of the Ohs—nonconformist, Anna; her ex-husband, Orion, a psychologist; Ariane, the do-gooder daughter, and her twin, Andrew, the rebellious only son; and free-spirited Marissa, the youngest. It is also a portrait of modern America, exploring issues of class, changing social mores, the legacy of racial violence, and the nature of creativity and art.
With humor and compassion, Wally Lamb brilliantly captures the essence of human experience and the ways in which we search for love and meaning in our lives.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Wife, mother, and outsider artist Annie Oh leaves her conventional family life to marry her Manhattanite art dealer, Viveca. Told from multiple perspectives, it's another mesmerizing saga by Wally Lamb (She's Come Undone).
Customer Reviews
WE ARE WATER
We Are Water explores guilt and responsibility, and family relationships in all their humanity.
Although this book takes a while to sink its teeth into you, once it does there is no letting go. Though some of the events eventually seem overly dramatic and unrealistic for one family to have weathered, suspending reality is no problem. The story is compelling, meaningful and intense.
Thanks Mr. Lamb
We Are Water
Wally Lamb has the uncanny ability to bring the reader into the minds of his characters. We are developing empathy for his people, a keener insight into their behaviors. I love all of his novels. This one was particularly meaningful to me. I found a way to forgive myself for shortcomings as a mother. How does Wally Lamb understand what it’s like to be a mother ?
We are water
Loved every minute of this dysfunctional family! Did not want to put it down.