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Multigenerational family saga, war's enduring ripples.
"Shining Sea" could resonate with you if family dynamics set against the backdrop of historical events pique your interest. Anne Korkeakivi crafts a narrative that's as expansive as it is intimate, delving into the complexities of the human spirit. Imagine being swept across time and space, witnessing personal triumphs and tribulations that feel incredibly real. This book might just be the emotional and historical journey you've been looking to embark on.
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ISBN: 9780316307840
Authors:
Anne Korkeakivi
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Date of Publication: 2016-08-09
Format: Hardcover
Goodreads rating: 3.6
(rated by 455 readers)
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A novel about the complicated world of a family in California over years to come, after the sudden death of the father. Opening in 1962 with the fatal heart attack of forty-three-year-old Michael Gannon, a WWII veteran and former POW in the Pacific, Shining Sea plunges into the turbulent lives of his widow and kids over subsequent decades, crisscrossing from the beaches of southern California to the Woodstock rock festival, London’s gritty nightlife in the eighties to Scotland’s remote Inner Hebrides islands, the dry heat of Arizona desert to the fertile farmland of Massachusetts. Beautifully rendered and profoundly moving, Shining Sea by Anne Korkeakivi is a family story, about the ripple effects of war, the passing down of memory, and the power of the ideal of heroism to lead us astray but also to keep us afloat.
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Multigenerational family saga, war's enduring ripples.
"Shining Sea" could resonate with you if family dynamics set against the backdrop of historical events pique your interest. Anne Korkeakivi crafts a narrative that's as expansive as it is intimate, delving into the complexities of the human spirit. Imagine being swept across time and space, witnessing personal triumphs and tribulations that feel incredibly real. This book might just be the emotional and historical journey you've been looking to embark on.
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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