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A One World Hardcover | On sale: 5/21/2024
Praise for IT IS WOOD, IT IS STONE
“ A subtle and adept character study that reveals the power of connections between women. The novel is buoyed as well by Burnham’s dreamy prose, with which she conjures memorable images of Brazil…the author’s psychological insight and skill in portraying the multifaceted nature of female friendship make for a compelling read.
A transporting debut that deftly probes the complex nature of relationships between women.”—Kirkus Reviews
“A lush depiction of privilege and power, sex, and stability…IT IS WOOD, IT IS STONE is an elegant arrival of a new talent”--ELLE
Gabriella Burnham’s debut novel, IT IS WOOD, IT IS STONE (One World, 2020), was named one of the best books of the year by Publisher’s Weekly, Harper’s Bazaar, and Marie Claire. She immersed her fans in the electric sights, sounds, and culture of Sao Paolo, Brazil, while also highlighting the social issues of race and classism. Now, in her second novel, WAIT, Burnham offers readers a brilliant, coming of age story of sisterhood, family, and friendship in a less-than-idyllic life, set in a picturesque, idyllic resort town.
Elise’s life has not been easy on beautiful Nantucket island. Having grown up with their mom, Gilda, who had often left her and her younger sister Sophie to care for themselves, while she worked long hours and, occasionally, disappeared for short periods of time, Elise is finally on the verge of having the life she’s dreamed about. With her college graduation approaching, she is excited to reunite with Sophie and Gilda, and show them the world she’s inhabited for the last four years. That is, until Sophie places a frantic call to Elise to tell her that Gilda has gone missing.
Skipping her graduation ceremony, Elise returns to her childhood home to search for their missing mother, until they discover that she had been arrested on her way home from work by ICE and deported to São Paulo, Brazil. As Elise and Sophie desperately try to find a way to bring their mom back home and figure out where they’re going to live, they’re offered help by Elise’s best friend and gregarious socialite Sheba to live in the guest house of the summer mansion she’s inherited from her grandfather. But Elise soon finds herself confronted with the emotional and material conditions that have put her family in this situation in the first place.
Inspired by Burnham’s childhood on Nantucket, and written with witty and deliberate, searing prose, WAIT captures a family dripping in love, but faced with the fractured societal issues of immigration, class, and identity in the U.S.
Gabriella Burnham holds an MFA in creative writing from St. Joseph’s College and has been awarded fellowships to Yaddo and MacDowell, where she was named a Harris Center Fellow. Her nonfiction writing has appeared in Harper’s Bazaar. She lives with her partner in Brooklyn, New York.
“Gabriella Burnham’s sophomore novel, Wait, simultaneously illuminates the precariousness of young womanhood and existing as an immigrant in the U.S., while showing the resourcefulness and strength needed to survive. Burnham examines how this strength is derived, not from the individual alone, but from their ties to their community: their sisters, mothers, friends, and neighbors. Reading this novel, it was as if I could feel the Nantucket sea breeze whipping against my face and, at other times, caressing me.”—Daphne Palasi Andreades, author of Brown Girls
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