The Shades, Evgenia Citkowitz
The Shades, Evgenia Citkowitz
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The Shades
A Novel

Author: Evgenia Citkowitz

Narrator: Sarah Zimmerman

Unabridged: 4 hr 54 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/24/2018

Synopsis

A year has passed since Catherine and Michael Hall lost their teenage daughter in a car accident, leaving them and their sixteen-year-old son, Rowan, reeling in the aftermath of the tragedy. After Rowan escapes to boarding school, Catherine withdraws from her life as a successful London gallerist to Hamdean, an apartment in a former manor, where she and Michael had hoped to spend their retirement. When Catherine meets a beguiling young woman who appears at the house claiming to have once lived there, she looks to her for meaningful connection. But as their relationship shifts to one of forbidding uncertainty, the mysteries of the past collide with the truth of the present.

With the psychological tension of Patricia Highsmith and the emotional complexity of Ian McEwan, The Shades raises questions about the inescapability of human nature and speaks to our deepest anxieties: the safety of those we love and the sanctuary of home.

About Evgenia Citkowitz

Evgenia Citkowitz was born in New York and educated in London and the United States. Her debut novella and short story collection, Ether, was a New York Times Editors' Choice. She lives in Los Angeles.

Reviews

Goodreads review by switterbug (Betsey)

If you enjoy an unconventional novel of family dysfunction and dynamics, this slim but substantial novel may be your cuppa. Intelligent, layered, and understated, THE SHADES is a psychological exploration of a family that is mourning the sudden death of a daughter/sister. Catherine and Michael, marr......more

Goodreads review by Mary

“The Shades”, by Evgenia Citkowitz, is a psychological study on grief as it affects a family after a tragic loss. Parents, Catherine and Michael, and teen son, Rowan, are each reacting differently to the loss of daughter/sister Rachel. The marriage is strained, and the family is falling apart as Row......more

Goodreads review by Debi

I wanted to like this. In some ways I did, but mostly I found the book frustrating and I hated the ending. I really hated the ending and I feel that a lot of what I disliked about the book led up to that ending so it's tied in. I normally like huge last minute twists but this wasn't for me, I found......more

Goodreads review by Laura

Hmmm, as I read the premise of the story, I became excited. As I started reading it became hard to follow along and parts of the story dragged on about innocuous things. Things that really did not enhance the story one way or another. Now don’t get me wrong, there were really great parts of this sto......more

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