To Be Sung Underwater
by Tom McNeal
NAMED ONE OF USA TODAY'S TOP FIVE NOVELS OF 2011
NAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2011 BY - THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
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"Mr. McNeal’s characters
are full and knowable. His sentences are the strong, silent type: generous
without being showy. And his novel is, quite simply, lovely."
--New York Times
". . . hypnotic . . . Heartbreaking, messy and incredibly sad, To Be Sung Underwater is
so vividly written that it takes you to a place where all your
perceptions seem dizzyingly altered. Which is, of course, exactly like love itself."
--Caroline Leavitt, The Washington Post
"By far the best love story I've read for a long time . . .
If you despair of the
vigor and grace of modern fiction, read this."
--Cynthia Crossen, Wall
Street Journal
". . . a novel to fall in love with."
--Bob Minzesheimer, USA Today
". . . the world of the novel is
full of meaning, full of metaphor, a kind of spirituality that has no need for
dogma or churches or liturgy. The landscape and culture contribute by making
things easier or harder to accomplish, but the humans hack out their bit of
happiness, some might say their karma."
--Susan Salter Reynolds, Los Angeles Times
"Like a grander, straighter, funnier Brokeback Mountain, this is an
immensely involving love story that will make your heart race, leap and
sing. "
--Melissa Katsoulis, UK Telegraph
"McNeal's study of a girl in love and of a woman trying to find her
way is beautifully written . . . Judith and Willy are never less than engrossing."
--Herald Sun (Australia)
"Exquisitely heartbreaking."--Family Circle
". . . a beautiful novel that bravely examines the effect a broken relationship can have on one's life path." --Carrie Keyes, Seattle-Post Intelligencer
"Just delightful."
David Kipen, Southern California Public Radio
"This lovely novel is
quiet and smart, drawing you so deeply into the characters that the ending
might just leave you coming up for air."--O Magazine