A Marker to Measure Drift

By Alexander Maksik

Book Overview

Now The Major Motion Picture DRIFT Starring Cynthia Erivo and Alia Shawkat - A New York Times Notable Book - Hypnotic in its depiction of physical and spiritual hungers, this is a novel about ruin, faith, and the devastating memories that can destroy and redeem us.

"Immensely powerful. . . . Beautifully written. . . . Jacqueline is a mesmerizing heroine." --The Boston Globe

In the aftermath of Charles Taylor's fallen regime, a young Liberian woman named Jacqueline has fled to the Aegean island of Santorini. She lives in a cave accessible only at low tide. During the day, she offers massages to tourists, battling her hunger one or two euros at a time. Her pressing physical needs provide a deeper relief, obliterating her memories of unspeakable violence. But slowly, the specters of her former life resurface: her adoring younger sister; her unshakably proper mother; her father, who believed in his president; her journalist lover, who knew that Taylor would be overthrown. Now Jacqueline must face the ghosts that haunt her--or tip into full-blown madness.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0345803868
• ISBN13: 9780345803863
• Release Date: June 2014
• Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.2" x 8.2"