Part detective novel, part psychological thriller, Surfacing is the story of a talented artist who goes in search of her missing father on a remote island in northern Quebec. Setting out with her lover and another young couple, she soon finds herself captivated by the isolated setting, where a marriage begins to fall apart, violence and death lurk just beneath the surface and sex becomes a catalyst for conflict and dangerous choices.
Surfacing is a work permeated with an aura of suspense, complex with layered meanings and written in brilliant, diamond-sharp prose. Here is a rich mine of ideas from an extraordinary writer - about contemporary life, nature, families, marriage and about women fragmented ... and becoming whole.
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I can't believe I'm on this road again, twisting along past the lake where the white birches are dying, the disease is spreading up from the south, and I notice they now have seaplanes for hire.- 1
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(Bolinda, 1 May 2020, audiobook, 7 hrs, borrowed from Glasgow Libraries via BorrowBox)
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I'm a huge fan of the author and really enjoyed Surfacing. This is a powerful book. It gets quite dark at times as the woman becomes more embroiled in the lives of the people she encounters in Quebec and searches for answers she might not want to find. I was impressed by the way the woman develops across the course of the book. I loved the ending when things go really crazy. This is an engrossing read.
