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Published May 2016
320 pages
Genre: Literary Fiction
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"Ashley Ream has an absolutely astounding voice - she is one of the most compelling, sharpest writers working today. The 100 Year Miracle is already one of my favorite novels of 2016." - Gillian Flynn, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Gone Girl
Once a century, for only six days, the bay around a small Washington island glows like a water-bound aurora. Dr. Rachel Bell, a scientist studying the 100-Year Miracle and the tiny sea creatures that create it, knows a secret about the phenomenon that inspired the region's myths and folklore: the rare green water may contain a power that could save Rachel's own life (and change the world). When Rachel connects with Harry and Tilda, a divorced couple cohabiting once again as Harry enters the last stages of a debilitating disease, Harry is pulled into Rachel's obsession and hope as they both grasp at this once-in-a-lifetime chance to save themselves.
But the Miracle does things to people. Strange and mysterious things. And as these things begin to happen, Rachel has only six days to uncover and control the Miracle's secrets before the waters go dark for another hundred years.
"Vividly drawn characters and an intriguing premise make this a good bet for readers who like gothic novels or literary suspense." - Booklist
"The 100 Year Miracle is a rich, enthralling novel, full of great characters, with an unpredictable plot and a fascinating premise built around an eternally crucial human question: to what ends will people go to save themselves?" - Kate Christensen, author of The Great Man, winner of the 2008 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction
"A novel of loss, obsession and secrets, The 100 Year Miracle asks how far any of us would go to end our pain - physical, emotional - even if it had devastating repercussions. Ashley Ream's Olloo'et Island is a lonely place, but not unforgiving; that's why you should visit." - Miranda Beverly-Whittemore, New York Times bestselling author of Bittersweet
"The 100 Year Miracle will consume readers with its atmospheric setting, complex characters, and the weight of its emotional journey." - Michelle Gable, New York Times bestselling author of A Paris Apartment
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Ashley Ream got her first job writing for newspapers when she was 16. Since then her career has taken her all over the Midwest, Gulf, and West Coasts with more moves than she would care to count. She is now finally and happily settled in Seattle, where she lives with her husband, runs ultra marathons, and is finishing her next book. Her debut novel, Losing Clementine (2012), was short-listed for the Balcones Fiction Prize. Her second novel is The 100 Year Miracle (2016).
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