{"product_id":"9781416543763","title":"The Worst Thing I've Done : A Novel","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eThe Worst Thing I've Done\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Ursula Hegi\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eStones from the River\u003c\/i\u003e comes an intimate and dangerous story of three friends that goad one another into crossing a line that brings them shocking consequences. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSince early childhood, Annie, Jake, and Mason have had a special bond. When Annie's parents die on the same night that she and Mason are married, the three friends decide to raise Annie's newborn sister, Opal, together.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eAnnie struggles to be both a sister and a mother to Opal, a wife to Mason, and a friend to Jake. Not surprisingly, their relationships, already entangled, grow dangerous, too close, on the line.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eOne fateful night the three friends miss the moment when they could still turn back, provoking each other to step across a line that brings shocking, unforeseen consequences.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eOnce again, Ursula Hegi writes along that border where bliss and sorrow meet. Sensuous, funny, and mysterious, her new novel takes us into an exuberant and troubled friendship.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Worst Thing I've Done\u003c\/i\u003e is a beautiful book, exploring the mysterious, ever-shifting boundaries of love and desire. Drawn with glimpses of startling beauty and a constant sense of discovery, the moments of these lives, ordinary and painful, luminous and haunting, are cast artfully, compellingly, into a remarkable, moving story of acceptance and courage and change.\" -- Kim Edwards, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Memory Keeper's Daughter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Ursula Hegi, always a master of illuminating the human condition, has in this novel the clear tone and brilliance of water in a pond, and the urgency of storm-tossed coasts. Her characters must navigate their own lives and sorrows and passions, and readers will follow along with held breath and hope.\" -- Susan Straight, author of \u003ci\u003eHighwire Moon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Ursula Hegi's fearless excavation of passion takes us into gripping and dangerous territory. She is that most subtle and powerful of writers who can illuminate the darkest ambiguities of the human soul - showing us how even the truest love can be shaded with the destructive.\" -- Shira Nayman, author of \u003ci\u003eAwake in the Dark\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Ursula Hegi always writes about the important moments between people, filtered through history, both personal and political. She is a writer of grace and immediacy.\" -- Meg Wolitzer, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Position\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[Heg] is as skilled at piecing together an intricate storytelling design as Annie is at creating beautiful, complex collages.... Hegi, who has written often of large families and difficult relationships, convincingly plumbs the psychological processes of grief.\" -- \u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Worst Thing I've Done\u003c\/i\u003e is the work of a mature and masterful writer at her peak. The layering -- the collage -- of character and point of view, tragedy and healing, creativity and loss, loyalty and fidelity, love and jealousy, all combine with lyrical prose in a story that resonates long after its end.\" -- \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781416543763\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Touchstone","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40592316301518,"sku":"9781416543763","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/O_6b2e585d-0897-4733-b8f3-8d95a9ab4c6c.jpg?v=1637765798","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781416543763","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}