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Waiting to Surface: A Novel | 
 enlarge | Author: Emily Listfield
Publisher: Washington Square Press
Category: Book
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Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 114913
Media: Paperback
Edition: Reprint
Pages: 336
Number Of Items: 1
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Dimensions (in): 8.2 x 5.2 x 1
ISBN: 1416537856
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9781416537854
ASIN: 1416537856
Publication Date: August 5, 2008
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It takes just one phone call to change your life...On a steamy August morning, Sarah Larkin drops her six-year-old daughter, Eliza, off at camp and heads to her office, where she works as an editor of a women's magazine. Sitting at her desk testing a $450 face cream, she is just rubbing it into her forearm when the phone rings. Detective Ronald Brook, speaking softly and deliberately, tells Sarah that her husband has vanished. A keening sound escapes from Sarah's throat as the detective lays out the few facts he knows. A noted sculptor, Todd Larkin went swimming at midnight off the coast of Florida and hasn't returned. He was staying with a woman. He was drinking. He left behind his keys, wallet, cell phone, and his return airline ticket. They also found two drawings and pieces of a sculpture. But there is no trace of him or his body. The coast guard has been scouring the shoreline, but no one has seen a thing. Has Todd run off to start a new life or is he dead? Could it have been an accident, suicide, or homicide? Immediately, Sarah's life spins into a world of uncer-tainty, hope, and fear as she grapples with the mystery of his disappearance. As Sarah tries to discover what happened to the man she thought she knew better than anyone, she is forced to confront the love and resentments, the hopes and disappointments of her marriage. And through it all, she must find a way to help her young daughter deal with the crisis while meeting the demands of the high-powered magazine world. Based on the author's own experiences, Waiting to Surface is a beautiful and haunting story about coming to terms with loss, learning to live in a world without answers, and discovering the ability to treasure love once again.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 5 more reviews...
Mysterious Disappearance October 4, 2007
Steve Tarnapol (Clawson, MI)
6 out of 8 found this review helpful
This is an intriguing novel that covers the apparently real-life experiences of the author. The
main character struggles to solve the mystery of her husband's disappearance and to deal with
the ensuing grief and guilt. Her way of dealing with this is to channel her pain into carving a
path to a position of eminence in the publishing world. I found that the parallel plot paths
played off each other very successfully.
 Emotional Tsunami September 20, 2007
Word Lover (New York, New York)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Emily Listfield writes from the heart as her heroine, separated from a difficult husband, tries to unravel the mystery of his disappearance and possible death. As Sarah works to balance Manhattan motherhood (the scenes with her young daughter Eliza are the book's most poignant,) the necessity of succeeding at her chic magazine job and ultimately, dating, you will ask yourself what YOU would do in the grip of similar emotional limbo. A well-written and well-paced novel.
powerful family drama October 4, 2007
Harriet Klausner
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Sculptor Todd Larkin travels to Florida to visit his girlfriend. Soon afterward the police call his estranged wife of a decade Manhattan magazine editor Sarah informing her he has disappeared after going for a midnight swim. Apparently his Sunshine State girlfriend let four days lapse before calling the cops.
Although she wonders if Todd is alive, Sarah is more worried for their six years old precious daughter, Eliza who she fears will be permanently traumatized by the apparent tragedy as their child was still struggling with her parents' separation. Still as Sarah tries to be there for Eliza, she takes a chance professionally and personally. She knows she must never forget Todd but she rationalizes that this is for Eliza's sake, but deep in her gut she knows his memory is important to her too.
Based on a true tragedy that happened to the author, WAITING TO SURFACE is a character driven haunting tale that asks what people do to cope and help their preadolescent children adjust when closure is unavailable. The story line grips you from the onset as Sarah struggles three months after Todd vanished with how to help Eliza while ignoring her own grief, which in turn eats at her gut. This powerful family drama shows how much love hurts yet means so much when an unexpected loss occurs.
Harriet Klausner
 About as well written as The Devil Wears Prada February 3, 2008
Carrie V. (San Francisco)
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
If you liked The Devil Wears Prada, you'll like this. Both books seem to be written by ex-fashion magazine employees dipping their toes in the world of literature. This book might appeal to Danielle Steele fans? I'm not sure. I couldn't believe how predictable it was- and how everything got perfectly and neatly tied up into a little bow at the end. I had just finished reading Jose Saramago's "Blindness" while on the same vacation...so it would be tough for any book to impress me immediately following that masterpiece. I think this is one of those books hat might be well suited for a teenager looking for something to read at the airport bookshop.
A Compelling Read September 22, 2007
Fiction Lover (New York)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
A sensitive and beautifully written story that explores our deepest fear: What if someone you loved disappeared, seemingly vanished off the face of the earth? At once a page-turner with Law & Order like twists and a haunting exploration of what we know--and may never know--about the person we married, this is one of those books you keep thinking about long after you've read the last chapter. Pitch-perfect scenes between the mother and her young daughter and an insider's view of the magazine and art worlds make this a must-read.
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