Sarah Blake is the author of the novels Grange House and the New York Times bestseller The Postmistress. She lives in Washington, D.C., with her husband and two sons.
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One of the Best Books of May: Entertainment Weekly,
Refinery29, PopSugar, Bookish, BBC, Chicago Review of
Books, Real Simple, Goodreads "Thought-provoking and
propulsive...Welcome to old money, new heartbreak, big secrets, and
the kind of mouthwatering picnics nobody packs in real life (boiled
eggs, tin of sandwiches, bottles of gin). But the North Star of
Sarah Blake's The Guest Book isn't the Milton
family--although they are fascinating, even the ghosts--it's the
Maine island cottage where they spend their summers." --The New
York Times Book Review "Beautifully crafted....The Milton
family history, rife with secrets and moral failings, including a
deep-seated bigotry, is a timely tale of America itself. An
enveloping and moving page-turner." --People, Book of
the Week "Sarah Blake writes in the historical fiction tradition of
someone like Herman Wouk...[She] is an accomplished
storyteller, braiding in a large cast of characters and
colorful excursions." --Maureen Corrigan, NPR's Fresh Air
"An American epic in the truest sense...Blake
humanely but grippingly explores the heart of a country whose past
is based in prejudice." --Entertainment Weekly "Blake
masterfully tells the Miltons' history--racism, prejudice,
betrayal, loss, and all--and in the process, captures a slice of
American history as well." --Real Simple "Sarah Blake's
latest novel, The Guest Book, is an engrossing epic
that charts the course of the Milton family over three generations,
from the 1930s to present day. Pertinent issues that have plagued
American history like classism, prejudice, and identity are neatly
tied in this transcendent novel." --BookRiot "Sarah Blake
delivers a juicy multi-generational novel." --Chicago
Review of Books "It's a gorgeous book with a strong sense of
place, like Empire Falls....If you're going to read one
book this summer make it this modern-day classic." --The
Missourian "Do you ever pick up a book just to check it out
and find yourself lost in it an hour later trying to rearrange your
life so you can just keep reading? Well that happened to me
this week [with The Guest Book]." --WYPR, Baltimore
"Sarah Blake spins a fascinating epic that touches on
privilege and ambition, racism and grief, revealing as much about
America's identity as it does the Miltons." --Christian Science
Monitor "There are glimmers of To the Lighthouse in
Blake's lyrical and questing new novel." --BBC "Sarah
Blake is such a beautiful writer she can make any world shimmer,
but The Guest Book is particularly fascinating--an
intergenerational exploration of memory, identity, love, and family
loyalty, of what it costs to inherit a name, a place, and a
difficult alignment with history. Powerful and provocative
storytelling." --Paula McLain, New York Times bestselling
author of The Paris Wife and Love and Ruin "I loved
The Guest Book. Sarah Blake has managed the extraordinary
feat of writing both an intimate family saga and an ambitious
excavation of the subterranean currents of race, class, and power
that have shaped America. This is a vivid, transporting novel,
written by a master conjuror of time and place." --Jessica
Shattuck, New York Times bestselling author of The Women
in the Castle "Sarah Blake's powerful, beautifully written
story portrays a couple's secret choices that come to haunt
succeeding generations. The Guest Book is richly
atmospheric and morally compelling in a way that stirs the mind
long after the last page." --Nancy Horan, author of Loving
Frank and Under the Wide and Starry Sky "Epic and
sweeping, without ever leaving behind the personal and profound,
The Guest Book is a reminder of what novels do better
than anything else. Without losing their specificity, three
generations of Milton women reveal something about every family,
the secrets and unspoken truths that color everything that happens
to us. This is a book you will be dying to talk to someone about."
--Arthur Phillips, author of The Tragedy of Arthur and
Prague "Breathtaking...Blake saturates each scene with
sensuous and emotional vibrancy while astutely illuminating
sensitive moral quandaries. Blake deftly interrogates the many
shades of prejudice and 'the ordinary, everyday wickedness of
turning away.' Blake's brilliant and ravishing novel promises to
hit big." --Booklist (starred review) "Spanning three
generations of Miltons, The Guest Book deserves a spot on
your summer TBR in 2019." --Bustle "The story of the Miltons
engages not just with history and politics, but with the poetry of
the physical world. This novel sets out to be more than a juicy
family saga--it aims to depict the moral evolution of a part of
American society. Its convincing characters and muscular narrative
succeed on both counts." --Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
"This powerful family saga...is potent and
mesmerizing." --Publishers Weekly "Blake is a
masterful storyteller, whose past novel, The
Postmistress, won considerable acclaim. I believe The Guest
Book will as well." --San Diego Jewish World "A juicy
family saga and an examination of the American elite."
--Refinery29 Praise for Sarah Blake's The Postmistress
"Great books give you a feeling that you miss all day until you
finally get to crawl back inside those pages again. The
Postmistress is one of those rare books. When I wasn't reading
it, I was thinking about it." --Kathryn Stockett, author of
The Help "Some novels we savor for their lapidary prose, others
for their flesh and blood characters, and still others for a
sweeping narrative arc that leaves us light-headed and changed;
Sarah Blake's masterful The Postmistress serves us all this and
more." --Andre Dubus III, author of House of Sand and Fog
"Even readers who don't think they like historical novels will love
this one and talk it up to their friends. Highly recommended for
all fans of beautifully wrought fiction." --Library Journal,
starred review "Blake captures two different worlds...with a
deft sense of character and plot, and a perfect willingness to take
on big, complex questions." --Publishers Weekly "To open Blake's
novel... is to enter a slipstream, so powerful are its velocity,
characters, and drama." --ALA Booklist, starred review
"The Postmistress belongs in what Gellhorn called 'the
permanent and necessary' library." --Howard Norman, author of
The Bird Artist and Devotion "Hits hard and pushes
buttons expertly...Ms. Blake writes powerfully about the fragility
of life...." --The New York Times
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