Born october 1945 to a pilot and a homemaker, anita shreve is the best selling author of the critically acclaimed novel, the pilots wife among others. Shreve taught writing at amherst college and lived in massachusetts. Some of shreves kenyan adventures also ended up in her books. Other books written by anita are body surfing, all he ever wanted, rescue, testimony and the last time they met among others. Anita shreve is my favorite author but this book was horrible.
Anita shreve books list of books by author anita shreve. One book, a change in altitude, was a fictional account about a climb to the top. From the new york times bestselling author of the weight of water and the pilots wife an oprahs book club selection. At avery academy, a prestigious new england boarding school, the headmaster finds himself in possession of a videotape a disaster in a small. We are fortunate to have so many wonderful stories created by a masterful writer to carry us along the way. A gripping emotional drama with the pace of a thriller, anita shreves testimony explores the dark impulses that sway the lives of seeming innocents, and the ways in which our best intentions can lead to our worst transgressions. Author anita shreves complete list of books and series in order, with the latest releases, covers, descriptions and availability. See all books authored by anita shreve, including the stars are fire, and the pilots wife, and more on. For a lover of the intricacies and psychology of malefemale relationships these are novels that can satiate your appetite. Written with a genuine honest and sometimes dreamlike quality anita shreve is an author that is going to be remembered for a long time. She was the author of over fifteen novels including the stars are fire as well as the international bestseller the pilots wife, and the weight of the water, a finalist for the orange prize. Shreve s thoughtful, provocative historical tale has modern resonance. Its truly one of the most terrible books ive ever read with the most selfish characters imaginable. Anita shreve is a gifted writer, regardless of whether you personally like her characters.
She was influenced early on in life by reading ethan frome by edith wharton whilst she was a junior in high school and also anything written by eugene oneill while she as a. Swept up in the past and consumed by an obsessive love, charles and sign risk everything to be together. Anita shreve was a high school teacher and a freelance magazine journalist before writing fiction full time. The bestselling novelist anita shreve died on march 29, at her home in new hampshire. Its a novel, about fictionaland flawedcharacters, not a selfhelp book. Thank heaven she was able to write so many wonderful books before she was taken from. If you have not read a book by her, you are in for a gutwrenching treat. Anita shreve the bestselling novelist anita shreve, author of the pilots wife, has died at the age of 71, after what her publisher called a long and very private fight with cancer. Stella bain shreve s 17th novel is a tragic yet hopeful story of love, memory, loss, and rebuilding. Shreves most recent novel was the stars are fire, in which a pregnant woman tries to protect her toddlers as fire ravages the coast of maine in.
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