Books like Evening by Susan Minot
During a summer weekend on the Maine coast, a wedding lifts 25‑year‑old Ann Grant into a sudden, passionate love. Four decades later, as cancer and confusion blur her life, she finds herself surrounded by friends and family at her bedside. The memories of that single event return with fever‑dream clarity, intertwining the joyous beginning of her life with the stark realities of illness and the fragility of memory.
The novel unfolds in two distinct narrative strands: the vivid recollection of Ann’s time of hope and possibility on the coast, complete with buzzing motorboats and nightly music, and the present‑day struggle with disease. Through this parallel structure, the story examines the lasting impact of moments of love and the way they echo through a life altered by illness.
First publish date: 1998
Genre: Literary Fiction/Contemporary Literary Fiction
Authors: Susan Minot
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