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BEARCOMING JUNE 25A mesmerizing novel of two sisters on a Pacific Northwest island whose lives are upended by an unexpected visitor--a tale of family, obsession, and a mysterious creature in the woods, by the celebrated, bestselling author of Disappearing Earth.
They were sisters and they would last past the end of time. Sam and her sister, Elena, dream of another life. On the island off the coast of Washington where they were born and raised, they and their mother struggle to survive. Sam works long days on the ferry that delivers wealthy mainlanders to their vacation homes while Elena bartends at the local golf club, but even together they can’t earn enough to get by, stirring their frustration about the limits that shape their existence. Then one night on the boat, Sam spots a bear swimming the dark waters of the channel. Where is it going? What does it want? When the bear turns up by their home, Sam, terrified, is more convinced than ever that it’s time to leave the island. But Elena responds differently to the massive beast. Enchanted by its presence, she throws into doubt the plan to escape and puts their long-held dream in danger. A story about the bonds of sisterhood and the mysteries of the animals that live among us--and within us--Bear is a propulsive, mythical, rich novel from one of the most acclaimed young writers in America. |
"Thrilling and propulsive, glorious and terrifying. Julia Phillips is a brilliant writer. She has my complete attention." --Ann Patchett
"Bear is a story of life on the margins--economically and geographically--of the American project . . . There is something unsettling and uncanny about Julia Phillips’s wondrous second book, less a novel than a fairy tale for the strange times in which we live." --Rumaan Alam
"Beautiful and haunting . . . Masterful . . . This is brilliant." --Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“A story of sisterhood, daughterhood, care, and devotion, Bear will capture your heart and mind. I read in a state of wonder.” --Jessamine Chan
"Bear is the brutal cage of the real world and the magical animal within. Julia Phillips has written a book of untamed, glorious, abundant interpretations." --Megha Majumdar
"Brooding yet incisive . . . A striking picture of the charred landscape that remains after everything else burns to the ground." --Booklist (starred review)
“In prose of surpassing beauty, Julia Phillips collapses the boundaries between species, communities, and sisters. Bear is wondrous, suspenseful, heartbreaking, and humane. It is a perfect novel. It is the most moving, most accomplished work of fiction I’ve read in ages." --Anthony Marra
“Intense, moody, fierce, and relentlessly suspenseful.” --Angie Kim
Named one of the most anticipated books of the year by Oprah Daily, Lit Hub, and CNN
“A haunting fable . . . I was spellbound.” --Julia Glass
“I read Bear in one night and I am in awe.” --Jean Kwok
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Bear in translation will be available in:
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