The Lost Wife

A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK from TIME Magazine Susanna Moore's eighth novel, set in 1855, follows 25-year-old Sarah Browne as she . . . heads west to the Minnesota Territory. . . . When the Sioux Uprising of 1862 erupts-after the federal government never fulfills its promise of payments to the tribe-Sarah and her children are captured, but protected by the Sioux. Sarah sympathizes with her captors, and slips into the gap between her two worlds. The Lost Wife illustrates the devastating outcomes of oppression. -TIME, Here Are the 14 New Books You Should Read in April It's fitting that The Lost Wife . . . should directly follow Miss Aluminum, [Moore's] lustrous 2020 memoir; this book, like that one, tells the story of a woman continuously transformed by difficult relationships and sweeping changes of circumstance. . . . Moore's voice is cool and sure, rich with detail. -Vogue Her writing is so precise and perceptive, so disturbing, frightening and erotic all at once . . . this profoundly clever woman with her life in her hands. -Lucie Whitehouse, author of Before We Met Susanna Moore belongs to a small class of writers whose work performs the paradoxical miracle of giving solace by offering none. -The Writer Moore (In the Cut) returns with a bracing and daring account of a woman who tries to build a new life on the American frontier. . . . This is a masterwork of Americana. -Publishers Weekly, starred review Based partly on a woman's account of her abduction along with her children during the Sioux Uprising in 1862, Moore's novel is a tense, absorbing tale of adversity and survival. . . . Moore has imagined a brave, perceptive woman with no illusions about the hypocrisy of those who proclaim themselves civilized. . . . A devastating tale rendered with restrained serenity. -Kirkus Reviews, starred review [A] compelling tale of survival, loyalty and exploitation. -The Bookseller (UK)