Algonquin Books - 5/2022
I've been working on my Summer Reading List for 2022 and, this is one new release that caught my eye. Doesn't this one sound good? (My full Summer Reading List (books both new and old) will post by the end of the month.)
About this Book
The New York Times bestselling author of The Art Forger delivers a spellbinding and moving novel about what we hang on to, what we might need to let go, and how unexpected events can lead us to deeper truths.
Six people, six secrets, six different backgrounds. They would never have met if not for their connection to the Metropolis Storage Warehouse in Cambridge, Massachusetts. When someone falls down an elevator shaft at the facility, each becomes caught up in an intensifying chain of events.
We meet Serge, an unstable but brilliant street photographer who lives in his storage unit, which overflows with thousands of undeveloped pictures; Marta, an undocumented immigrant finishing her dissertation and hiding from ICE; Liddy, an abused wife and mother, who recreates her children’s bedroom in her unit; Jason, a former corporate lawyer now practicing in the facility; Rose, the office manager, who takes illegal kickbacks to let renters live in the building; and Zach, the building’s owner and an ex-drug dealer, who scans Serge’s photos as he searches for clues to the accident.
But was it an accident? A murder attempt? Suicide? As her characters dip in and out of one another’s lives trying to find answers and battling societal forces beyond their control, B. A. Shapiro both questions the myth of the American dream and builds tension to an exhilarating climax. Taut and emotional, Metropolis is impossible to put down and impossible to forget.
About the Author
B. A. Shapiro is the bestselling author of Metropolis, The Collector's Apprentice, The Muralist, and The Art Forger, which won the New England Book Award for Fiction, among other honors. Her books have been selected as Community Reads across the country and translated throughout the world. She has taught sociology at Tufts University and creative writing at Northeastern University, and she and her husband, Dan, divide their time between Boston, Massachusetts, and Naples, Florida.
Yes, this definitely sounds appealing. And it sounds ideal for summer.
ReplyDeleteI thought so as well Deb.
DeleteThis sounds really good and what an interesting premise to have these people living and working in a storage facility!
ReplyDeleteI liked the unusual premise as well - on my summer reading list.
DeleteThat sounds like a pretty good one to me.
ReplyDeleteDifferent for sure!
DeleteThis one does sound good. I've got it on my possible summer reading list, too. :)
ReplyDeleteThe premise sounds rather fascinating to me.
DeleteI've not read anything by this author, but this sounds like a winner!
ReplyDeleteI have read one of her previous book and think I enjoyed it as well.
DeleteI have not read anything by this author but she seems to have an interesting body of work and this particular novel sounds especially intriguing.
ReplyDeleteI loved the sound of this as I've heard stories of poeple living in these storage containers - so sad.
DeleteAs I'm compiling my Summer 2022 Reading List - this one made the cut; hope it's as interesting as it sounds.
ReplyDeleteInteresting premise. I'd read it!
ReplyDeleteHave not heard of this one but it sounds interesting. So onto the wishlist it goes!
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