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What the World Will Look Like When All the Water Leaves Us
What the World Will Look Like When All the Water Leaves Us | Laura van den Berg
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The stories in Laura van den Bergs rich and inventive debut illuminate the intersection of the mythic and the mundane. A failed actress takes a job as a Bigfoot impersonator. A grieving missionary becomes obsessed with a creature rumoured to live in the forests of the Congo. And, in the title story, a young woman travelling with her scientist mother in Madagascar confronts her burgeoning sexuality and her dream of becoming a long-distance swimmer. Rendered with grace and precision, this breathtaking collection is narrated by women yearning for absolution, for solace, for the flash of extraordinary that will forever alter their lives.
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thereflectiveflaneur
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Such tender and touching short stories! Immediately engrossing! Only just discovered van der Berg so decided to start with her first collection.

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My_novel_obsession
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One of my very favorite short story collections ever! I read this about 5 years ago and I still think about the stories. #shortstorycollections #readingwomenmonth.

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Brie
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I loved this collection of short stories featuring the mythic and the mundane. The title story is about a young woman with aspirations of becoming a long-distance swimmer and her scientist mother in Madagascar, where she discovers her sexuality. #maybookflowers #bodyofwater

JazzFeathers Lovely cover 😍 8y
RealLifeReading Love the colours in your photo! 8y
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Merethebookgal
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Here's Rebecca Schinsky's (Book Riot's Executive Director, Product and e-Commerce & co-host on All the Books Podcast) #EclecticPick! Anyone read it? What's your Eclectic Pick? #EclecticReaders

ReadingEnvy That was a good read! 8y
giveitupforlentmom So good!!! I read it bc of Rebecca too!!! 8y
Ruri_kaichou This sounds incredibly fascinating 8y
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Litsy
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It's #Recommendsday! What are you recommending? "My all-time favorite short story collection! All of the characters in the pages of this quiet, strange book are searching for something--a lost love, a better job, the Loch Ness monster. It has stayed with me for years and gets better on each reading." - @rebeccaschinsky

OSChamberlain I'm a short story addict! Thank you for this! 8y
NovelGirl82 I love short stories!! I'm always looking for more collections. Thanks for this one!! 8y
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