A. Manette Ansay taucht in ihrer Arbeit in die Komplexität familiärer Dynamiken und das Gefühl der Abstumpfung ein. Ihre Romane, die oft im amerikanischen Mittleren Westen angesiedelt sind, erforschen Themen wie Identität, Erinnerung und die Suche nach Heimat. Ansay ist bekannt für ihren scharfen psychologischen Einblick und ihre einfühlsamen Darstellungen von Charakteren, die mit ihrer Vergangenheit und Gegenwart ringen. Ihr Prosa-Stil ist sowohl lyrisch als auch eindringlich, was den Lesern ein tiefgründiges Erlebnis bietet.
No one could have known that the Midwestern town of Ambient would be changed forever by the arrival of young misfit Gabriel Carpenter. But his short time among them touches the entire community and his death revives the local legend of the river angel. The line between the possible and impossible blurs and everyone's fragile hopes are exposed.
When Megan and Rex Van Dorn sail into Houndfish Cay, they look to all the world like a couple who have left the cares of the shore behind them to live their dream. But when people ask, 'Do you have children?', Megan doesn't know how to answer. For Megan and Rex took to the water following the death of their only child, Evan, in a road accident - killed by Cindy Ann Kreisler, who, back when they were teenagers, had been Megan's best friend. Impassioned, intense and insightful, BLUE WATER is a story of the desire for revenge, the impact of tragedy upon a marriage, and of Megan's coming to terms with the ties she shares with the woman who has wounded her so badly.