

Pull Me Under
Author: Kelly Luce
Narrator: Amy McFadden
Unabridged: 9 hr 2 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
Published: 11/01/2016
Categories: Fiction, Literary Fiction, Psychological
Author: Kelly Luce
Narrator: Amy McFadden
Unabridged: 9 hr 2 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
Published: 11/01/2016
Categories: Fiction, Literary Fiction, Psychological
Kelly Luce is the author of Three Scenarios in Which Hana Sasaki Grows a Tail, which won Foreword Reviews‘ 2013 Editor’s Choice Prize for Fiction and was a finalist for book prizes from the Texas Institute of Letters and the Writers’ League of Texas. Her work has been honored by fellowships from the MacDowell Colony, Ragdale, Jentel Arts, Tin House, and the Sewanee Writer’s Conference, and has recently appeared in O, the Oprah Magazine, the Chicago Tribune, Electric Literature, New England Review, American Short Fiction, and other publications. She was a fellow at the Michener Center for Writers at the University of Texas at Austin, where she received an MFA degree.
Amy McFadden is an Earphones Award winner and a 2014 Audie Award finalist in Literary Fiction. She has narrated over 200 audiobooks with a focus on comedic fiction, romances, and dark young-adult titles. Praised for her character work, she is known for being able to find the emotional truth in comedy.
[Actually 3.5] If you've been to Japan, you will enjoy reading this book. If you want to feel like you've been to Japan, you will also enjoy reading this book. At the beginning, you're immediately drawn in. Half Japanese, half American girl Chizuru kills her school bully - SO JAPANESE. We see her at......more
This story of a half-Japanese woman returning home to Japan after the death of her famous father was well written but a bit slow and too earnest for my taste. But there is a lot of good stuff in it: great look at Japan, psychological insight, and even though I guessed the plot surprise well before i......more
Mostly I thought this book was beautifully written while also being a page-turner, which is usually a difficult balance. I have no doubt that Kelly Luce is an amazing writer. I particularly loved the plot structure and her handling of themes pertaining to identity. I have a few issues with it, though......more
This is the tale of Chizuru Akitani, a girl who, at 12, ‘snaps’ and kills a classmate who has been bullying her. When she’s discharged from juvenile prison (an experience recounted in the prologue, which turns out to be the best and most powerful part of the novel), she changes her name to Rio, move......more
“A strange and very appealing novel, a journey to Japan and the primal scene of the main character’s self―which, like a volcano, may have already blown its top.” Rachel Kushner, New York Times bestselling author
“A fierce and suspenseful exploration of the profoundly mysterious nature of identity, written with precise and spectacular beauty.” Laura van den Berg, O. Henry Award–winning author
“This is a suspense novel with a female protagonist that gets more right about women than so many others I’ve read in the past few years.” NPR
“A revelatory family mystery set in the United States and Japan.” Elle
“Propulsive and fresh…Luce knows how to end her story, and does so satisfyingly.” Chicago Tribune
“Pull Me Under…is psychologically complex; it inspires horror, sympathy, and even, at times, humor. Amid all the gray, however, one thing is certain: Luce is worth watching.” Japan Times
“Luce deftly evokes Japan without exoticizing it…The final act is the novel’s strongest and most confident, weaving the book’s threads together and leaving a lasting reverberation.” Publishers Weekly
“Understated yet emotionally gripping, Luce’s novel is an intimate portrayal of one woman’s search for identity.” Booklist
“An elegant mystery, a tender story of family and forgiveness, an unsettling depiction of the darkness we each carry inside, and a hymn to Japan.” Sarah Bird, author of Above the East China Sea