Gravity Is the Thing
by Jaclyn Moriarty
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Pub Date 2 Jan 2020 | Archive Date 20 Dec 2019
Atlantic Books | Allen & Unwin
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Description
A single mother's search for the greater truths about the universe, her family and herself - that will break your heart into a million pieces and then put it back together, bigger and better than before.
Twenty years ago, Abigail Sorenson's brother Robert went missing one day before her sixteenth birthday, never to be seen again. That same year, she began receiving scattered chapters in the mail from a mysterious guidebook, whose anonymous authors promised to make her life soar to heights beyond her wildest dreams.
These missives have remained a constant in Abi's life - a befuddling yet oddly comforting voice through her family's grief over her brother's disappearance, a move across continents, the devastating dissolution of her marriage, and the new beginning as a single mother and café owner in Sydney.
Now, two decades after receiving those first pages, Abi is invited to learn 'the truth' about the book. It's an opportunity too intriguing to refuse - she believes its absurdity and her brother's disappearance must be connected. What follows is an entirely unexpected journey of discovery that will change Abi's life - and enchant readers.
Gravity Is the Thing is a smart, unusual, wickedly funny novel - heart-warming and life-affirming.
Advance Praise
"It is ASTONISHINGLY WONDERFUL and magical and moving and uplifting and DIFFERENT . . . an instant classic . . . It literally might be my most favourite book of all time." - Marian Keyes
"I loved this book. It's rare for me to have no idea where a story is headed but I only knew that I didn't want it to end. Funny, heartbreaking and clever with a mystery at its heart." - Jojo Moyes
"A brilliant, beautiful, hilarious, heartbreaking, extraordinary book. I say this without bias, only awe." - Liane Moriarty
"Gravity Is The Thing is a beautiful, lyrical curiosity of a book. It's about loss and hope, but it's deliciously funny, too, and the writing is so fantastic I found myself reading passages out loud just to savour them." - Beth O'Leary
Available Editions
| EDITION | Hardcover |
| ISBN | 9781760875671 |
| PRICE | £14.99 (GBP) |
Featured Reviews
Katy W, Reviewer
I adored this book. Firstly it has my favourite joke of all time in it, which I have never heard anyone else tell anyone, secondly it's strange and whimsical (in the best way) and funny and heartbreaking and it surprised me at every turn. I loved all the characters and everything about it. Apart from that it was brilliant.
Elsa B, Reviewer
I absolutely loved this book. It sang, it bounced, it ... flew! The author really captures so many aspects of being human (and being a woman). I will be recommending it to my local Book Club and everyone else!
Jonty S, Reviewer
I enjoyed this book. I found Abi's unfiltered commentary throughout to be amusing and refreshing, and sometimes akin to a stream-of-consciousness in its fluidity. I found the novel to be quite poignant, as one of its themes is coming to terms with losing loved ones, and I enjoyed its ironical barbs at those that set themselves up to help. The way that this conflict was resolved was a big surprise.
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