The Old Man and The Sea

The Old Man and The SeaThe Old Man and the Sea is one of Hemingway's most enduring works. Told in language of great simplicity and power, it is the story of an old Cuban fisherman, down on his luck, and his supreme ordeal a relentless, agonizing battle with a giant marlin far out in the Gulf Stream. Here Hemingway recasts, in strikingly contemporary style, the classic theme of courage in the face of defeat, of personal triumph won from loss. Written in 1952, this hugely

” As the daughter of Korean immigrants

journalist Adrian Nicole LeBlanc immerses readers in the world of one family with roots in the Bronx

secrets and lies

to carve out some sense of possibility in a time of carnage

and no one cares when Maddie starts poking around in a young Black woman's life—except for Cleo's ghost

" —Bonnie Garmus

And they want it back

who fell into despair when he saw science and technology become tyrannical forces

In the tradition of great storytellers

unlike Ellie

eye-opening tale of the dark underbelly of the American economy―one that foreshadows the precarious future that may await many more of us

She's also raising two daughters with her businessman husband