Body Is Water

by Julie Schumacher

Book Overview

From the acclaimed author of An Explanation for Chaos comes a powerful, beautiful, and enchantingly unorthodox novel of old wounds and new life. Book jacket. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0380728400
• ISBN13: 9780380728404
• Release Date: April 1997
• Publisher: Avon Books
• Length: 308 Pages
• Weight: 0.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 4.2" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

Sad but gorgeous

If you don't like emotional books where the characters are sad and thoughtful, then this is not the book for you. Julie Schumacher tells the story here of a family that is doing it's best to love one another, but sometimes our best is simply not good enough. Schumacher is adept at naming these often unnameable problems of life in stunning prose that at times just tore me apart--and this is the highest praise. A wonderful book by a wonderful writer.

IN IT'S OWN CLASS AND THAT IS "FIRST"!!!

A very mellow, well written book which keeps your attention, not due to suspense but for the mere pleasure of reading it. It is best described as "warm, witty and peopled by likable characters in ordinary circumstances. I enjoyed it the first time around, and the second, and the third! Looking forward to this type of book, by a very good author again. Sad to see it hasn't happened yet.

A thorougly warm reading experience.

One of the most interesting and well developed characters in modern fiction. You needn't have anything in common with her or her family to like them, and know they ring true. Ms. Schumacher has a wit matched only by Nelson Demille in "The Gold Coast". This type of author does not write often enough.

a gentle read about a young woman struggling with her past

Set on the New Jersey shore, this easy reading book introduces the reader to a young woman who is about to become a unmarried mother. She is living with her father who was abusive to her as a child. She works through old and new feelings as she prepares for the birth of her child. The book is very gentle on the reader as well as on the main character. The supporting characters are also well developed. The story is realistic and engaging.