Elle Devastatingly on target.
Surrender, Dorothy
A Novel
Description
From the New York Times bestselling author Meg Wolitzer, a “devastatingly on target” (Elle) novel about a young woman's accidental death and its effect on her family and friends.
For years, Sara Swerdlow was transported by an unfettered sense of immortality. Floating along on loving friendships and the adoration of her mother, Natalie, Sara's notion of death was entirely alien to her existence. But when a summer night's drive out for ice cream ends in tragedy, thirty-year-old Sara—"held aloft and shimmering for years"—finally lands.
Mining the intricate relationship between love and mourning, acclaimed novelist Meg Wolitzer explores a single, overriding question: who, finally, "owns" the excruciating loss of this young woman—her mother or her closest friends? Depicting the aftermath of Sara's shocking death with piercing humor and shattering realism, Surrender, Dorothy is the luminously thoughtful, deeply moving exploration of what it is to be a mother and a friend, and, above all, what it takes to heal from unthinkable loss.
Reviews
The New York Times Book Review There is an appealing delicacy to Wolitzer's writing and a skillful exploration of the almost invisible neuroses of the people passing through her pages....She is a witty and likable writer with a tenderhearted, critical awareness of the lighter-than-air quality of her characters.
Los Angeles Times Wolitzer's characters are surprising people....All platitudes about losing a child fall by the wayside as Natalie loosens her grip on her daughter, never fully, but enough to love.
Time Out New York Meg Wolitzer took a gamble on her fifth book. Her knack for comedy and tragedy makes her narrative gamble a literary success.
