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Stiltsville

Stiltsville

Author(s): Susanna Daniel

Location(s): Miami

Genre(s): Fiction

Era(s): Late 1960s onwards

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Against a vivid South Florida background, Susanna Daniel’s Stiltsville offers a gripping, bittersweet portrait of a marriage—and a romance—that deepens over the course of three decades. Called “an elegantly crafted work of art and a great read” by Curtis Sittenfeld (American Wife, PrepStiltsville is a stunningly assured debut novel sure to appeal to readers of Anita Shreve, Sue Miller, and Annie Dillard, or anyone enchanted by the sultry magic of Miami.

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This is a portrait of a marriage and motherhood set against a backdrop of Southern Florida/Miami, you can almost feel the damp heat rising off the pages and sun, and smell the sea.

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