The Polite Act of Drowning

The Polite Act of Drowning

By Charleen Hurtubise

Genre:-Coming of Age Fiction

Pages:-288

Publisher:-Eriu

Blurb:-'The Polite Act of Drowning' is a beautiful and captivating novel, lyrical and sensuous, a precise and faithful evocation of the tumult and trauma of family life, and of emergence into adulthood, and the confrontation of truths about ourselves and the people we love'-Donal Ryan

Michigan, 1985

 The  drowning of a teenage girl causes ripples in the small town of Kettle Lake, though for most the waters settle quickly. For sixteen year old Joanne Kennedy, however, the tragedy dredges up untold secrets and causes her mother to drift farther from reality and her family.

 When troubled newcomer Lucinda arrives in town, she offers Joanne a chance of real friendship, and together the teenagers push against the boundaries of family, self-image, and their sexuality during the tension of a long, stifling summer. But the undercurrents of past harms continuously threaten to drag Joanne and those around her under...

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My Reviewing:-The Kennedy family live in a small town in  Kettle Lake. Joanne Kennedy is sixteen years old, always comparing herself to other, she doesn't feel as developed as much as girls her age. Joanne's family isn't like most families, it her home everyone, especially adults tip toes around Rosemary, her mother because of her strange behaviour. Joanne puts it down to something that must of happened when her mother was younger, but nobody talks about it. Joanne is at the beach with her aunt, cousin and siblings, watching other teenagers around her, especially some girls that are flirting with the boys. Later on as she watches the news at home, she realises that the girl they are talking about drowning, is the girl she was watching at the beach flirting with the boys. Grace starts to wonder if she could of done anything, was she the last person to see the girl.  Joanne starts a friendship with the Lucinda the foster girl that has arrived next door. As the friendship between Joanne and Lucinda grows, so does their attitude towards everything and everyone. Joanne starts exploring her own self.