Her entry begins:One of my quirks as a writer is that I find it very hard to read while I’m working intensively on a project. I tend to work – and to read – in bursts and I’ve just recently started picking up books by other writers again.About The First Rule of Swimming, from the publisher:
I just finished Together Tea by Marjan Kamali, which I found lovely. It’s the story of a mother and daughter who have fled Iran after the Revolution and settled in the United States. Darya, the mother, is a talented mathematician who puts her skills to use by making up spreadsheets which, she hopes, will help her daughter (Mina) find a husband. This doesn’t make Mina very happy at all. Kamali does a wonderful job depicting family bonds, particularly in a family that has been uprooted and must find its way in...[read on]
A woman must leave her island home to search for her missing sister - and confront the haunted history of her family.Visit Courtney Angela Brkic's website and learn more about The First Rule of Swimming.
Magdalena does not panic when she learns that her younger sister has disappeared. A free-spirit, Jadranka has always been prone to mysterious absences. But whenweeks pass with no word, Magdalena leaves the isolated Croatian island where their family has always lived and sets off to New York to find her sister. Her search begins to unspool the dark history of their family, reaching back three generations to a country torn by war.
A haunting and sure-footed debut by an award-winning writer, The First Rule of Swimming explores the legacy of betrayal and loss in a place where beauty is fused inextricably with hardship, and where individuals are forced to make wrenching choices as they are swept up in the tides of history.
Writers Read: Courtney Angela Brkic.
--Marshal Zeringue
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