The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel
A beautiful woman, chef on a container ship, falls overboard. This novel is a flashback as her life passes before her eyes during her final minutes. Before shipping out, she was the innocent trophy wife of a disgraced financier whose crimes resemble the real-life story of Bernie Madoff. And she met that man while working as a bartender at a hotel owned by that financier. Glass in the hotel's lobby was vandalized by her brother. Everything ties together. Economically- and beautifully-written, Mandel's style of storytelling is a pleasure to read. However, I suggest you start with her earlier book, Station Eleven. If you like that one, continue to this book to explore this talented author's work.
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