The Followers - by Rebecca Wait (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><b>"A profoundly unsettling, brilliantly executed, and deeply humane depiction of a slow slide toward an unspeakable act . . . A remarkable novel" (Emily St. John Mandel, author of <i>Station Eleven</i>).</b> <p/>Judith has been visiting her mother, Stephanie, in prison once a month for the last eight years. She still can't bring herself to talk with her mother about what brought them here--or about Nathaniel, the man whose religious cult almost cost them their lives.<br>When Stephanie first meets him, she is a struggling single mother and Nathaniel is a charismatic outsider, unlike anyone she's ever known. In deciding to join the group he's founded, Stephanie thinks she's doing the best thing for her daughter: a new home, a new purpose. Judith and Stephanie are initiated into a secret society whose "followers" must obey the will of a zealous prophet. As Stephanie immerses herself in her new life, Judith slowly realizes the moral implications of the strict lifestyle Nathaniel preaches. Tensions deepen, faith and doubt collide, and a horrifying act of violence changes everything. In the shattering aftermath, it seems that no one is safe.<br>With "propulsive plotting" (<i>The Guardian</i>), <em>The Followers</em> is a novel about love, hope, and identity that asks: are we still responsible for our actions if we remake ourselves in someone else's image? And can there be a way back? <p/>"With skillful judgment, Wait shows us that not everyone can be trained or scared into submission. The tenderness and the transformative nature of the ending are truly moving."--<i>The Independent</i> <p/>"Brooding tension . . . building to a page-turning finish."--<i>Daily Mail</i></p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>Praise for <b><i>The Followers</i></b> <p/>"A profoundly unsettling, brilliantly executed, and deeply humane depiction of a slow slide toward an unspeakable act, and the difficulty and necessity of finding a way to live in the aftermath. <i>The Followers </i>is a remarkable novel."<br>--Emily St. John Mandel, author of <i>Station Eleven</i> <p/>"Wait's propulsive plotting and the complicity she creates through the power of her writing form a great surging shout of a novel."<br>--<i>The Guardian</i> <p/>"With skillful judgment, Wait shows us that not everyone can be trained or scared into submission. The tenderness and the transformative nature of the ending are truly moving."<br>--<i>The Independent</i> <p/>"The novel has a brooding tension that threatens no good to come, building to a<br> page-turning finish."<br>--John Harding, <i>Daily Mail <p/></i>..".readers will be drawn in by Wait's unfolding of events."<i><br>--Booklist<br></i> <br>"Rebecca Wait describes the world of <i>The Followers </i>with such vividness that I dreamt about her cold, misty moorland, and with such tenderness that the ending brought tears to my eyes."<br>--Alison Moore, Man Booker Prize-shortlisted author of <i>The Lighthouse<br></i><br><br>Praise for <b><i>The Followers</i></b> <br>"A profoundly unsettling, brilliantly executed, and deeply humane depiction of a slow slide toward an unspeakable act, and the difficulty and necessity of finding a way to live in the aftermath. <i>The Followers </i>is a remarkable novel."<br>--Emily St. John Mandel, author of <i>Station Eleven</i> <br>"Wait's propulsive plotting and the complicity she creates through the power of her writing form a great surging shout of a novel."<br>--<i>The Guardian</i> <br>"With skillful judgment, Wait shows us that not everyone can be trained or scared into submission. The tenderness and the transformative nature of the ending are truly moving."<br>--<i>The Independent</i> <br>"The novel has a brooding tension that threatens no good to come, building to a<br> page-turning finish."<br>--John Harding, <i>Daily Mail</i> <br>"Rebecca Wait describes the world of <i>The Followers </i>with such vividness that I dreamt about her cold, misty moorland, and with such tenderness that the ending brought tears to my eyes."<br>--Alison Moore, Man Booker Prize-shortlisted author of <i>The Lighthouse</i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Rebecca Wait</b> is the author of <i>The View on the Way Down</i>. She studied English at Oxford University, where she specialized in Old English Poetry. She lives and teaches in London.
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