Ann Weisgarber was born and raised in Kettering, Ohio. She has lived in Boston, Massachusetts, and Des Moines, Iowa, but now splits her time between Sugar Land, Texas, and Galveston, Texas. Her first novel, The Personal History of Rachel DuPree, was long-listed for the Orange Prize and shortlisted for the Orange Award for New Writers/5(K). In this superb novel, Ann Weisgarber has created voices so convincing it is as if the dead themselves have arisen to tell their story. Alexi Zentner, author of Touch and The Lobster Kings Ann Weisgarber's The Promise is set against the backdrop of the worst natural disaster of the 20th century in the U.S., but the weather is no match for [this] story of two women's love for the same man. The Promise takes place in Galveston, Texas, during the time of the historic Storm that killed thousands. Ann was inspired by an abandoned, dilapidated house on the rural end of Galveston and by an interview she conducted when writing an article for a local magazine/5(K).
THE PROMISE is a terrific second novel from Ann Weisgarber. In her clear no-nonsense prose she tells a terrific story of love lost and found, secrets, jealousy and rivalry with the build-up, and subsequent arrival of, the great storm providing a spectacular backdrop. The Promise is a novel that, once started, few readers will be able to put down." —Ron Rash, New York Times bestselling author of Serena "Ann Weisgarber's The Promise is set against the backdrop of the worst natural disaster of the 20th century in the U.S., but the weather is no match for [this] story of two women's love for the same man. The Promise by Ann Weisgarber is set in Texas in and follows the story of a young pianist who arrives from the sophisticated east coast to make a hasty marriage to a widower. The story of their tentative relationship in the oppressive Texan heat is engrossing, and the final pages are profoundly moving. Kirsty Wark, Sunday Express.
The Promise is a novel that, once started, few readers will be able to put down.” —Ron Rash, New York Times bestselling author of Serena "Ann Weisgarber's The Promise is set against the backdrop of the worst natural disaster of the 20th century in the U.S., but the weather is no match for [this] story of two women's love for the same man. The coastal isolation of Galveston shows Weisgarber's ability to make a place come alive, and the real storm in the book is the demand of family, the. In this superb novel, Ann Weisgarber has created voices so convincing it is as if the dead themselves have arisen to tell their story. Alexi Zentner, author of Touch and The Lobster Kings Ann Weisgarber's The Promise is set against the backdrop of the worst natural disaster of the 20th century in the U.S., but the weather is no match for [this] story of two women's love for the same man. Ann's latest novel, "The Glovemaker" is set in Utah's canyon country during the winter of This is a change from her second novel, "The Promise," which takes place in Galveston, Texas -- where Ann lives -- during the historic Storm that. Ann is the author of "The Glovemaker," "The Promise," and "The Personal History of Rachel DuPree." She was nominated for the UK's Orange Prize, the Orange Award for New Writers, and the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction.
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