indiankimchi rated Sea of Tranquility: 4 stars

Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel
Edwin St. Andrew is eighteen years old when he crosses the Atlantic by steamship, exiled from polite society following an …
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Edwin St. Andrew is eighteen years old when he crosses the Atlantic by steamship, exiled from polite society following an …

24th edition
Destroyed, disgusted, and learnt a lot about Mormons and Mormonism along the way. A lot of dense history and intense retellings of the crime in question. Excited for the new Hulu adaptation since Andrew Garfield has a knack for playing religious characters.
I appreciated Krakauer’s remarks in the reprint.

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