The Most

Resumen del libro

A warm Sunday in November . As Sputnik orbits the earth, carrying Laika, the doomed Soviet dog, a couple begin their day.Virgil Beckett, an insurance salesman, isnt particularly happy in his job but he fulfils the role, playing golf with the partners, drinking in the bar, chasing the women. Kathleen Beckett, once a promising tennis champion, with a key shot up her sleeve called The Most, is now a mother and homemaker.Somehow these two, who have been together since college, have fallen into the roles expected of them the prescribed suburban dream they have been sold as something to covet, something that will fulfil their lives. But on this unseasonably warm, early November Sunday, Kathleen wakes up and decides that she will not be accompanying her family to church.No, she feels like a swim.She unearths her old, red bathing suit and descends into the apartment complex pool no other resident uses. And she doesnt want to come out

Biografía del autor

Jessica Anthony vive en Maine e imparte clases en Bates College. Es la autora de The Convalescent y Chopstick, una novela multimedia creada en colaboración con el diseñador Rodrigo Corral. Sus cuentos han aparecido en publicaciones como Best New American Voices, Best American Nonrequired Reading o New American Writing entre otras y ha recibido becas de instituciones como la fundación norteamericana Creative Capital o la italiana Bogliasco.