num_pages: 246
description: In 1873, on a small bleak island off the rich fishing coast of New Hampshire, two Norwegian women are murdered in a fit of brutal passion. A third, Maren Hontvedt, escapes to witness a local man's execution for the crime.More than a century later, Jean, a Boston photo-journalist, travels to the island on a research assignment to investigate the murder legend. She stumbles upon Maren's translated memoirs, carefully preserved among the faded photographs, mildewed letters and yellowing guidebooks of the Isle of Shoals archives. As she immerses herself in Maren's poignant tale of love and loss, Jean senses haunting echoes of her fading passion and possessive behaviour...
language: English
title: The Weight of Water
titlecomplete: The Weight of Water (Movie Tie-In Photo Cover)
genres: Fiction, Historical, Mystery, Book Club, Adult, Chick Lit, Adult Fiction, Contemporary, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 28318
places: Isles of Shoals, Maine
awards: awardedAt: 883641600000
name: Orange Prize
category: Fiction Shortlist, awardedAt: 883641600000
name: Laurence L. & Thomas Winship/PEN New England Award
publisher: Little, Brown