The Most by Jessica Anthony
Longlisted for the 2024 National Book Award for Fiction. One of Time's 100 Must-Read Books of 2024. One of the Washington Post's Best Books of 2024.From "one of our most thrilling and singular innovators on the page" (Laura Van Den Berg), a tightly wound, consuming tale about a 1950s American housewife who goes for a swim in her apartment complex's swimming pool one morning...and won't come out.
It's November 3, 1957. As Sputnik 2 launches into space, carrying Laika, the doomed Soviet dog, a couple begin their day. Virgil Beckett, an insurance salesman, isn't particularly happy in his job but he fulfills the role. Kathleen Beckett, once a promising tennis champion with a key shot up her sleeve, is now a mother and homemaker. On this unseasonably warm Sunday, Kathleen decides not to join her family at church. Instead, she unearths her old, red bathing suit and descends into the deserted swimming pool of their apartment complex in Newark, Delaware. And then she won't come out.
A riveting, single-sitting read set over the course of eight hours, The Most masterly breaches the shimmering surface of a seemingly idyllic mid-century marriage, immersing us in the unspoken truth beneath.
Jessica Anthony has worked as a butcher in Alaska, a masseur in Poland without a license, and a secretary in San Francisco. Anthony was working as a Bridge Guard in 2017 while writing Enter the Aardvark, patrolling the Maria Valeria Bridge between Sturovo, Slovakia and Esztergom, Hungary. She usually resides in Maine and works as a professor at Bates College.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780316576376 |
| Title | The Most |
| Author | Jessica Anthony |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Little Brown and Company |
| Year published | 2024-07-30 |
| Number of pages | 144 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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