General Fiction (Adult) | Literary Fiction
Random House UK, Transworld Publishers, Doubleday
19 Mar 2020
Netgalley
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On the banks of the River Seine in 1899, a young woman takes her final breath before plunging into the icy water. Although she does not know it, her decision will set in motion an astonishing chain of events. It will lead to 1950s Norway, where a grieving toy maker is on the cusp of a transformative invention, all the way to present-day Canada where a journalist, battling a terrible disease, risks everything for one last chance to live.
Taking inspiration from a remarkable true story, Coming Up for Air is a bold, richly imagined novel about the transcendent power of storytelling and the immeasurable impact of every human life.
How lifes can intertwine over centuries and locations. This novel, based on historical events, brings it all together. Emotions, action… it’s there.
Leipciger does what many attempted but failed in trying. She wrote a small masterpiece.
