Het werk van A. Manette Ansay duikt in de complexiteit van familiedynamiek en het gevoel van gevoelloosheid. Haar romans, vaak gesitueerd in het Amerikaanse Midden-Westen, verkennen thema's als identiteit, herinnering en de zoektocht naar een thuis. Ansay staat bekend om haar scherpe psychologische inzicht en gevoelige portretten van personages die worstelen met hun verleden en heden. Haar prozastijl is zowel lyrisch als sober, wat lezers een diep resonerende ervaring biedt.
No one could have known that the Midwestern town of Ambient would be changed forever by the arrival of young misfit Gabriel Carpenter. But his short time among them touches the entire community and his death revives the local legend of the river angel. The line between the possible and impossible blurs and everyone's fragile hopes are exposed.
When Megan and Rex Van Dorn sail into Houndfish Cay, they look to all the world like a couple who have left the cares of the shore behind them to live their dream. But when people ask, 'Do you have children?', Megan doesn't know how to answer. For Megan and Rex took to the water following the death of their only child, Evan, in a road accident - killed by Cindy Ann Kreisler, who, back when they were teenagers, had been Megan's best friend. Impassioned, intense and insightful, BLUE WATER is a story of the desire for revenge, the impact of tragedy upon a marriage, and of Megan's coming to terms with the ties she shares with the woman who has wounded her so badly.