We Are Water (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780061941023)

We Are Water is 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.

Author: Wally Lamb
ISBN-10: 0061941026
ISBN-13: 9780061941023
Publisher: Harper
Language: English
Published: 10/22/2013
Pages: 576
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.95lbs
Size: 9.10h x 5.90w x 1.50d
Award: Lambda Literary Awards - Finalist

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal Prepub Alert 06/01/2013 pg. 78
Entertainment Weekly 08/02/2013 pg. 69
Library Journal 09/15/2013 pg. 67
Romantic Times 10/01/2013 pg. 46 - Excellent
People Weekly 09/23/2013 pg. 67
Kirkus Reviews 10/15/2013
Entertainment Weekly 10/25/2013 pg. 105
Publishers Weekly 11/04/2013
BookPage 11/01/2013
Library Journal 06/01/2013