Hear Vendela Vida Read from Her Lastest Book, The Lovers

One of our favorites, Vendela Vida, returns to A Great Good Place for Books to read from the paperback edition of her book, The Lovers, on Wednesday, July 13th at 7:00 p.m.

From the acclaimed author of the 2007 New York Times Notable BookLet the Northern Lights Erase Your Name comes a stunning novel about the love between husbands and wives, mothers and children.
Twenty-eight years ago, Peter and Yvonne honeymooned in the beautiful coastal village of DatÇa, Turkey. Now Yvonne is a widow, her twin children grown.
Hoping to immerse herself in memories of a happier time-as well as sand and sea-Yvonne returns to DatÇa. But her plans for a restorative week in Turkey are quickly complicated. Instead of comforting her, her memories begin to trouble her.

With the crystalline voice and psychological nuance for which her work has been so celebrated, Vendela Vida has crafted another unforgettable heroine in a stunningly beautiful and mysterious landscape.

"Vida's third novel is further evidence that she can fashion characters as unpredictable as they are endearing...The Lovers is a satisfying, often brilliant portrait of a woman searching for relief from things that will not, she discovers at last with something like acceptance, go away."

-New York Times Book Review

"The Lovers is somber, seductive, reflective, unsettling. All our lives are journeys...[and] hopefully, we shed some of our ignorance along the way. Vida writes-so beautifully!- about this process."

-Washington Post