A masterful, "seductive" debut novel about fate, family secrets, and the stories our bodies tell (NYTBR).
Adelia Saunders has a master's degree from Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service and a bachelor's degree from NYU. She has taught English in Paris, written for an independent newswire at the United Nations, and assisted an agricultural economist in Uganda. She grew up in Durango, Colorado, and currently lives with her husband and two small children in New York City, where she works for an international think tank. This is her first novel.
Seductive . . . Saunders traffics [the characters'] elaborately
interlacing trajectories with impressive dexterity. * The New York
Times Book Review *
Richly detailed and highly observant . . . Fans of David Mitchell's
Cloud Atlas and Tea Obreht's The Tiger's Wife will love Saunders'
debut, which takes up the mantle of myth, history, and storytelling
with beautiful, sure-footed prose. * Kirkus Reviews *
Intricately plotted, complexly affecting. * Booklist *
Hypnotically peculiar, exquisitely plotted, and teeming with
suspense, Saunders brilliant debut pulls at plot threads as
delicate as gossamer silk to get at the truth and the destiny of
her flawed, appealing, maddening characters. -- starred review *
Library Journal *
A graceful and elegant novel about love and mystery, loss and
melancholy, sorrow and hope. From words written on the skin to the
sight of unbearable things, Saunders explores with great nuance the
limits of human vision. -- Viet Thanh Nguyen, Pulitzer
Prize-winning author of THE SYMPATHIZER
Extraordinary. Saunders' debut is grounded in such a solid world of
character and place that its uncanny premise seems the most natural
way to set right the missed connections of three wounded people. --
Gail Godwin, three-time National Book Award finalist and author of
FLORA
A twisty gem of a book. Eloquently written, equal parts brutal and
tender, Indelible is haunting in the very best way. -- Erika
Swyler, author of THE BOOK OF SPECULATION
A tapestry of human fates so vivid and unusual it will leave you
wondering madly what words may be written across your own skin. --
Rebecca Dinerstein, author of THE SUNLIT NIGHT
A history, a romance, a fantastic mystery--all of these descriptors
could be applied to Indelible, and all of them are true.
Transporting, unique, and entirely engrossing, it leaves a
beautiful mark. -- Kate Racculia, author of BELLWEATHER
RHAPSODY
Each scene in Indelible is a vivid postcard as ineffaceable as its
title. Readers will stay up late at night turning pages, trying to
riddle out the mystery of these characters' intertwined lives.
Expertly plotted, beautifully written! -- Suzanne Rindell, author
of THREE-MARTINI LUNCH
Adelia Saunders has a vivid imagination, an excellent command of
language, and the ability to empathize with the characters she has
created. This debut novel will stay with the reader for quite some
time. * Bookreporter.com *
Haunting . . . stunning and unique. * Largehearted Boy *
Enthralling . . . a layered and lyrical novel. * Chicago Review of
Books *
[Indelible] has a certain page-turning quality . . . An absorbing
tale of the complications of memory and the way chance encounters
can affect the trajectory of one's life. * Daily Hampshire Gazette
*
[A] complex, intriguing and compelling tale . . . that draws the
readers into a world of mysterious happenings. When the story ends,
the characters will still resonate in the mind. Indelible is a
remarkable first novel. * The Durango Herald *
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