Service95 Recommends is the home of the books we love and reviews from our contributors. Elegy, Southwest by Madeleine Watts takes you on a journey through grief.
What We Say: “A beautifully profound love story following Eloise and Lewis as they take off on a two-week road trip from Las Vegas, driving across the American Southwest after the death of Lewis’s mother. While the wildfires rage on the horizon, the couple take an unforgettable journey through the desert, battling the vastness of nothing, dangerous droughts and the fracturing of their relationship. A profound novel that looks at the grief of this territory and of parental loss.” – Samantha de Haas
What They Say: “Watts is an uncommonly perceptive and daring writer. Her sensitivity to the grief of this specific territory, the desert Southwest, and its people is a profound gift.” – Claire Vaye Watkins
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Samantha de Haas is the Creative Production Manager at Service95
