![]() She visits the United States for the Christmas holiday and then returns to England where she finds that John is in a hospital. ![]() This is a hypnotic and haunting novel.” The young American girl Margaret is prepared to marry her fiancé, the young Englishman John. But in Michael, Haslett has created a most memorable character. Occasionally, the narrative style (it switches among monologues, letters, and messages from the doctor’s office) feels stiff. Publishers Weekly said of Haslett’s book, “This is a book that tenderly and luminously deals with mental illness and with the life of the mind. The novel was named to the shortlists for the National Book Award and the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. The story is narrated by the couple and their three children, each providing the point of view for different chapters. ![]() ![]() John suffers from depression, a condition one of his children shares. American author Adam Haslett’s novel Imagine Me Gone (2016) revolves around Margaret and John, a married couple. ![]()
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