The Names

ΓÇ£A magnificent novel,thrumming with life in all its pain and precariousnessyet suffused with the glorious possibilities of love and redemption.ΓÇ¥ ΓÇöGeraldine BrooksPulitzer PrizeΓÇôwinning author of Horse ΓÇ£The Names is a truly gorgeousheart-opening novel. I couldnΓÇÖt put it downand IΓÇÖm grateful to have Cora and her children living inside my heart now. What a wonderful book!ΓÇ¥ ΓÇöAnn NapolitanoNew York Times bestselling author of Hello Beautiful ΓÇ£Magnificent. A stunninghopefulbitterly beautiful novel….Read it. ItΓÇÖs very special.ΓÇ¥ΓÇöChris WhitakerNew York Times bestselling author of All the Colors of the Dark The extraordinary novel that asks: Can a name change the course of a life? In the wake of a catastrophic stormCora sets off with her nine-year-old daughterMaiato register her son’s birth. Her husbandGordona local doctorrespected in the community but a terrifying and controlling presence at homeintends for her to name the infant after him. But when the registrar asks what she’d like to call the childCora hesitates… Spanning thirty-five yearswhat follows are three alternate and alternating versions of Cora’s and her young son’s livesshaped by her choice of name. In richly layered proseThe Names explores the painful ripple effects of domestic abusethe messy ties of familyand the possibilities of autonomy and healing. With exceptional sensitivity and depthKnapp draws us into the story of one familytold through a prism of what-ifscausing us to consider the \