6/19/2023 0 Comments The essex serpent book buyWed at nineteen, this woman of exceptional intelligence and curiosity was ill-suited for the role of society wife. When Cora Seaborne's brilliant, domineering husband dies, she steps into her new life as a widow with as much relief as sadness: her marriage was not a happy one. An exquisitely talented young British author makes her American debut with this rapturously acclaimed historical novel, set in late nineteenth-century England, about an intellectually minded young widow, a pious vicar, and a rumored mythical serpent that explores questions about science and religion, skepticism, and faith, independence and love. As soon as I'd finished it I started reading it again."-Helen MacDonald, author of H is for Hawk. It is so good its pages seem lit from within. At once numinous, intimate and wise, The Essex Serpent is a marvelous novel about the workings of life, love and belief, about science and religion, secrets, mysteries, and the complicated and unexpected shifts of the human heart-and it contains some of the most beautiful evocations of place and landscape I've ever read. "Costa Book Award Finalist and the Waterstones (UK) Book of the Year 2016." "I loved this book.
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