INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER THRUST IS: Epic. -The New York Times A triumph. -Elle Stunningly
beautiful. -The Daily Beast Both of the moment and utterly timeless. -Chicago Review of Books A
book to take in wide-eyed. -Rebecca Makkai NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE SUMMER BY TIME THE LOS
ANGELES TIMES ELLE THE DAILY BEAST BUSTLE LITHUB and GIZMODO As rising waters-and an
encroaching police state-endanger her life and family a girl with the gifts of a carrier
travels through water and time to rescue vulnerable figures from the margins of history Lidia
Yuknavitch has an unmatched gift for capturing stories of people on the margins-vulnerable
humans leading lives of challenge and transcendence. Now Yuknavitch offers an imaginative
masterpiece: the story of Laisve a motherless girl from the late 21st century who is learning
her power as a carrier a person who can harness the power of meaningful objects to carry her
through time. Sifting through the detritus of a fallen city known as the Brook she discovers a
talisman that will mysteriously connect her with a series of characters from the past two
centuries: a French sculptor a woman of the American underworld a dictator's daughter an
accused murderer and a squad of laborers at work on a national monument. Through intricately
braided storylines Laisve must dodge enforcement raids and find her way to the present day
and then finally to the early days of her imperfect country to forge a connection that might
save their lives--and their shared dream of freedom. A dazzling novel of body spirit and
survival Thrust will leave no reader unchanged.
