The Drowning House: A Novel Audiobook

Quotes

• “[Black] possesses elegant descriptive powers…The honky-tonk allure of Glaveson’s Strand district, in particular, comes alive in all its touched-up splendor.”

  — New York Times Book Review

• “Black excels at summoning the unique culture of Galveston, its tragic past and scruffy present.”

  — Dallas Morning News

• “A novel that encapsulates the convoluted machinations of a powerful family within the larger context of a society that supports its own, no questions asked.”

  — Minneapolis Star Tribune

• “An engrossing story of perception and context, with an appealing heroine and a fascinating setting.”

  — Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star

• “Black mythologizes this landscape, evoking its essence and that of its inhabitants, creating a novel that is far more than the sum of its parts.”

  — Publishers Weekly (starred review)

• “A dark, addictive, and compelling tale of Galveston Island. It builds to a stunning climax that keeps you reading compulsively to the end.”

  — Galveston Daily News

• “Elegant and evocative.”

  — Toronto Star

• “[The Drowning House] offers the ravages of water, fire, and wind, and a portrait of Galveston struggling to disentangle itself from a romanticized past.”

  — Texas Observer

• “Absorbing…A love letter to Galveston, its peculiar barrier island ways, and the shape that its isolated, ingrown history gives to relationships and events.”

  — Philadelphia City Paper

• “A page-turning chronicle of grief and memory…propelled by Black’s lyrical, haunting narration.”

  — BookPage

• “Black’s tempered prose and moody vulnerability creates a rich debut; both sensitive and sensational.”

  — Kirkus Reviews

• “The Drowning House marks the emergence of an impressive new literary voice. Elizabeth Black’s suspenseful inquiry into dark family secrets is enriched by a remarkable succession of images, often minutely observed, that bring characters, setting, and story sharply into focus.”

  — John Berendt, New York Times bestselling author of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

• “Prepare to be lost in Elizabeth Black’s Galveston. Strange, mysterious, and utterly riveting, The Drowning House is a captivating mystery as well as a beautifully realized story about grief that skillfully evokes the heat, humidity, and languid desire that pervade Gulf Coast life.”

  — Michelle Richmond, New York Times bestselling author of The Year of Fog

• “As dark and gleaming as a ruby, Elizabeth Black’s suspenseful debut limns the slippery nature of truth surrounding a shocking tragedy, with language so exquisite you’ll be underlining phrases.”

  — Caroline Leavitt, New York Times bestselling author of Pictures of You