Name: The Submission
ISBN: 9780374271565

Amy Waldman

Selected for a jury that must choose an appropriate memorial for September 11 victims, Claire Harwell, who lost her husband and the father of her children during the attacks, struggles to navigate a media firestorm when the winning designer is revealed as an enigmatic Muslim-American who refuses to represent any beliefs but his own. 100,000 first printing.

A Novel

The Submission

Jeni Enjaian

My opinion of this book started out fairly high. The beginning showed tremendous promise. Waldman penned a fluid narrative that flowed between many different characters without confusion. The initial debate (which never mentioned the big words like 9-11 or Twin Towers) posed a powerful question with, initially, reasonable reactions and responses. After this great start, Waldman's narrative degenerates into cliché. Ultimately, she fails to help the reader connect to any of the characters.
(As a side note, the sexual innuendos were completely unnecessary in this book, quite gratuitious and jarring.)

The Submission A Novel

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