Stranger
By Laura Sims
2009
First Published
4.41
Average Rating
77
Number of Pages
A mother's illness and death is only the beginning of the story of STRANGER. This is a death whose presence and particulars are inscribed. We feel from all angles, as Sims' quicksilver narrative moves through a mother's life and its incompletion, apprehension of death, and the adult child's attempts at comprehension. In the end is a hopeful hopelessness approaching Eternity.
Avg Rating
4.41
Number of Ratings
44
5 STARS
59%
4 STARS
25%
3 STARS
14%
2 STARS
2%
1 STARS
0%
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Author
Laura Sims
Author · 7 books
Laura Sims is the author of the new novel, HOW CAN I HELP YOU, called “a brilliant slice of psychological suspense” by Publishers Weekly and listed as “Most Anticipated” by The Millions, Book Riot, Town & Country and more. It was also a LibraryReads Top Ten Pick of July, an Amazon Editors’ Pick of the Month, a Publishers Weekly Pick of the Week, and one of CrimeReads’ 10 Best Books of July. Sims’s first novel, LOOKER, was chosen as a “Best Book” by Vogue, People Magazine, Entertainment Weekly, Esquire UK, and more, and is now in development for television by eOne and Emily Mortimer's King Bee Productions. An award-winning poet, Sims has published four poetry collections; her essays and poems have appeared in The New Republic, Boston Review, Conjunctions, and Electric Lit. She and her family live in New Jersey, where she works part-time as a reference librarian and hosts the library’s lecture series.
