The Watery Part of the World (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781616201432)

Michael Parker's vast and involving novel about pirates and slaves, treason and treasures, madness and devotion, takes place on a tiny island battered by storms and cut off from the world. Inspired by two little-known moments in history, it begins in 1813, when Theodosia Burr, en route to New York by ship to meet her father, Aaron Burr, disappears off the coast of North Carolina. It ends a hundred and fifty years later, when the last three inhabitants of a remote island--two elderly white women and the black man who takes care of them--are forced to leave their beloved spot of land. Parker tells an enduring story about what we'll sacrifice for love, and what we won't.

Author: Michael Parker
ISBN-10: 1616201436
ISBN-13: 9781616201432
Publisher: Algonquin Books
Language: English
Published: 06/05/2012
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 8.10h x 5.50w x 1.00d

Review Citation(s):
New York Times Book Review 07/15/2012 pg. 28