Présentation de l'éditeur Two strands: first the story of Razi Nolan, growing up in New Orleans in the 1920s, smart, fearless, set on breaking the comfortable family mould by making a career as a doctor. Then she falls in love with Andrew O'Connell and her plans become complicated. She is never able to tell Andrew what she has decided about her future as, one summer morning, she accidentally drowns. By choice, and from where she narrates, she stays between this world and the unknown; every memory of her life remains perfectly intact. More than seventy years later, Razi finds Andrew's once-treasured bookcase at a garage sale. She watches a young couple take it home, Amy and Scott, burdened with secrets of their own. As their once close relationship unravels, Razi remembers her past with Andrew and how she comes to understand what their love ultimately taught her, how he coped after her death, and how the story of Amy and Scott reflects so much of her own. Revue de presse 'In Domingue's amazing first novel, Raziela Nolan is read great gray yonder . . . mere mortals can only hope that Domingue has more stories to tell. I recommend for all fiction collections' LIBRARY JOURNAL'Domingue captures the equally repressive and uninhibited culture of 1920s America, creates a convincing world of 'the between,' and gives nice shape to the loving but troubled relationship of Amy and Scott as Razi uncovers her connection to them . . . several cuts above the genre mysteries and historicals it most resembles' PUBLISHERS WEEKLY 07/05'Domingue conjures up a world of syrupy seductions, of steamboat jazz dances, spring dinners and daring first kisses. She juggles the temporal shifts deftly' THE OBSERVER'There's an inevitable risk that this could stray into Ghost territory, but Domingue's vision of the shifting, shadowy world of the dead is convincing and surprisingly affecting. It's to her credit that she never overdoses the schmaltz and stays just the right side of romantic' DAILY MAIL'Taking place over three generations, the overlappings of memory, each time brought into sharper focus, build vivid images of life in New Orleans in the 20s, when Razi herself was a spirited young woman. A blade-sharp wit is one aspect of Razi's delightful character, which balances her radically feminist aspirations for the time. Superbly constructed, this is a story about the power of first love and the potency of memory. Ronlyn Domingue is a first-class writer' IRISH EXAMINER'Fans of THE LOVELY BONES and THE TIME TRAVELLERS WIFE now have another classic . . . THE MERCY OF THIN AIR does a wonderfully powerful job of depicting true, heart-wrenching love and the grief experienced when it is lost. Domingue transports readers with ease to 1920s New Orleans but her real skill lies in her description of human emotion. Addictive and memorable' EASY LIVING MAGAZINE Quatrième de couverture From first time author Ronlyn Domingue comes a stunning, imaginative love story that tests the boundaries of time, grief, and death.In 1920s New Orleans, Raziela Nolan is in the throes of a magnificent love affair when she dies suddenly in an accident. Immediately after her death, she chooses to stay between-a realm that exists after life and before whatever lies beyond it. From this remarkable vantage point, Razi narrates the story of her lost love, and life, as well as the relationship of Amy and Scott, a young couple whose house she haunts seventy years later. Their trials finally compel Razi to slowly unravel the mystery of what happened to her first and only love, Andrew, and to confront a long-hidden secret.Entwining two tragic and redemptive love stories that echo across three generations, The Mercy of Thin Air is a striking and intelligent first novel that beautifully captures the nature of love and memory and their ability to transcend all barriers - even death. Ronlyn Domingue was born and raised in Louisiana. She received her MFA degree in creative writi
