Synopses & Reviews
From the internationally acclaimed author of , praised as "breathtaking" () and "lovely...at once dreamy and riveting" (), comes a powerful family saga steeped in the legends of the sea. Set in a lobster fishing village, introduces a fiery and unforgettable heroine, Cordelia Kings.
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"Alexi Zentner is one of the greatest literary architects and mythmakers working today." Téa Obreht, author of The Tiger's Wife
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"Award-winning Zentner's literary tour de force takes hold of the reader's imagination and doesn't let go. Extraordinary storytelling not to be missed." New York Journal of Books
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"Steeped in familial legend and dusted with maritime magic...Zentner keeps a firm grip on his tale." Boston Globe
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"Brutal and beautiful." Publishers Weekly
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"A powerhouse of a novel. Alexi Zentner proves himself to be a writer of the first rank." Ben Fountain, author of Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
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" is well worth a summer read; in fact, it's likely the reader will want to devour it again and again." Autumn Markus
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"Brutal and beautiful." Library Journal, starred review
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The Kings family has lived on Loosewood Island for three hundred years. Now, Woody Kings, the leader of the island's lobster fishing community and the family patriarch, teeters on the throne, and Cordelia, the oldest of Woody's three daughters, stands to inherit the crown. To do so, however, she must defend her island from meth dealers from the mainland, while navigating sibling rivalry and the vulnerable nature of her own heart when she falls in love with her sternman.
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A mythical family saga steeped in the legends of the sea, is a "powerhouse of a novel" (Ben Fountain).
About the Author
Alexi Zentner is the author of Touch, which was published in a dozen countries. A Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers pick, Touch was shortlisted for the Governor General's Literary Award, the Center for Fiction's Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel Prize, and the VCU Cabell First Novelist Award, and longlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize and the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. Zentner's fiction has been featured in The Atlantic and Tin House. He lives in Ithaca, New York, with his family.