NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2017 * A USA TODAY TOP TEN OF 2017 * JULY PICK FOR THE PBS NEWSHOUR-NEW YORK TIMES BOOK CLUB NOW READ THIS * FINALIST FOR THE 2018DAYTON LITERARY PEACE PRIZE* WINNER OF THE MEDICI BOOK CLUB PRIZE
From a celebrated
who hides in her room reading while he spends his evenings watching nature documentaries
As he conveys his profound awe at experiencing all the "firsts" that fill him with wonder and catch him completely unprepared
is an extraordinary epic of a little-known time and place - and a deeply moving testament to the resiliency of the human spirit
The Sweetness of Water Format:Paperback NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOKOne of President Obama's Favorite Books of 2021 Winner of the Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize Longlisted for the 2022 Carnegie Medal for Excellence Longlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize A Best Book of the Year: Oprah Daily, NPR, Washington Post, Time, Boston Globe, Smithsonian, Chicago Public Library, BookBrowse, and the Oregonian A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice A July