The Woman Who Walked on Water Author:Lily Tuck When Adele leaves her comfortable life in Connecticut to follow a guru to India, she leaves her family and friends confounded. On a quest for answers to the mysteries of life, Adele struggles with the sacrifices of selflessness and finds that her journey to spirituality does not come without risk. From the dry and dusty streets of In... more »dia to the lush beaches of the Caribbean, we witness a woman teetering on the edge of enlightment.
Lily Tuck portrays with acumen, pathos and humor a woman coming to terms with her deepening spirituality. Yet what also emerges is a troubling portrait of a woman alone in a foreign country, surrounded by a family and culture not her own. This beautifully crafted, dark fable leaves up questioning Adele's fate, and our own desires for transcendence.« less
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