The Art of Falling

In this stunning debut novel, a woman's marriage and career are threatened by an old indiscretion just as she receives the opportunity of a lifetime—from the Windham Campbell Prize–winning author of the "extraordinary"* short story collection Dinosaurs on Other Planets.*Colum McCann Nessa McCormack's marriage is coming back together again after her husband's affair. She is excited to be in charge of a retrospective art exhibition for a beloved artist, the renowned late sculptor Robert Locke. But the arrival of two enigmatic outsiders imperils both her personal and professional worlds: A chance encounter with an old friend threatens to expose a betrayal Nessa thought she had long put behind her; and at work, an odd woman comes forward with a mysterious connection to Robert Locke's life and his most famous work, the Chalk Sculpture. As Nessa finds the past intruding on the present, she realizes she must decide what is the...