Author Amity Gaige talks about her book Sea Wife. Gaige is a Fulbright and Guggenheim fellow. Her novel Schroder was one of the New York Times Best Books for 2013. A review and excerpt of Sea Wife can be read in the New York Times Book Review.
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I recently finished Sea Wife and LOVED it! It grabbed me in a way that few books do. Thank you for your interview and diving deeper into the themes of Amity Gaige’s new book. Schroder is next on my list.