Come to the Window

Howard Norman

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Come to the Window

Come to the Window

Howard Norman

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Description

It's 1918. The war in Europe grinds on, and the Spanish flu seems to be on an insatiable killing spree. In Parrsboro, a tiny fishing community in Nova Scotia, Elizabeth Frame murders her husband hours after their wedding and thrusts the revolver into the blowhole of a beached whale.

Toby Havenshaw covers the hearing for the Halifax Evening Mail and finds the people of the village delirious with unprecedented grief and bewilderment. His diary traces the details of Elizabeth's story of adultery and murder, as well as his own beautiful relationship with his wife, Amelia, just home from serving as a surgeon at the front lines in France and Belgium. Come to the Window explores a question both universal and timeless: how does one recover hope in a time of horror?

Critical Reviews

Simply put, Come to the Window is a powerful, daring, eloquent and in all ways splendid novel.--Richard Ford

Have you ever gone to hear live music and when the first note sounds you say, 'Wow'? And when the performance is over, you look at your partner and say, 'Holy shit.' That's Come to the Window. The art, the flow, the wisdom of this work are unmatched. This is Howard Norman at his best.--Percival Everett

Publishing Information

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Pub date: 2024-07-09
Length: 240 pages

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