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At Sea

by Emma Fedor
Carlotta Brentan
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What happens when the man you love most in the world unexpectedly disappears and takes your small child with him? Emma Fedor's "wonderful, haunting, and original" (Katherine Faulkner, author of Greenwich Park) debut explores the fierceness of first love and how far one woman will go to learn the truth about her family.
When Cara and Brendan first meet, she's fresh out of college, recovering from the recent death of her mother, and spending time on Martha's Vineyard while trying to figure out her next steps. She's swept away by Brendan's humor and charm, and intoxicated by his thrilling, dangerous secret: he can breathe underwater. Able to stay beneath the waves for longer than should be possible, Brendan reveals that he is part of a secret experimental unit of the US Special Forces. And Cara, struck by the power of his conviction, by his unstoppable charisma, and by the evidence before her, believes him.

Their summer romance turns serious. Then Cara gets pregnant. When their son, Micah, is born, she's sure their happy ending is underway. Still, she's thrown by Brendan's dramatic moods, his unexplained disappearances, and the weight of his secrets. Cara is determined to stay strong for her young family—until he and baby Micah vanish, leaving her desolate and alone and questioning everything she once thought was true.

Five years later, Cara is still struggling to move forward, married to another man and trying to rebuild her life, when a local fisherman announces he's spotted two people—one of them a small child—treading water in Nantucket Sound, far from any vessels and miles from shore. The news rekindles Cara's never-abandoned hope that her little boy may still be alive. As she fights to untangle delusion from reality, and revisits a past she's worked hard to reconcile, Cara is determined to learn the truth about her lost love and finally find her son in this "book you won't be able to put down" (Jessica Anya Blau, author of Mary Jane).

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    March 7, 2023

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    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781797143651
      • File size: 297350 KB
      • Duration: 10:19:28

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      Starred review from May 23, 2022
      A young woman falls in love with a fishlike man in Fedor’s mesmerizing fantastical debut. Unable to find a job or internship after college, Cara stays at her aunt and uncle’s house on Martha’s Vineyard, a haven with fond memories of summers with her now-deceased mother. She meets Brendan, a member of the Army’s Special Forces, who reveals that his superhuman ability to stay underwater for long periods of time is the result of gill-like enhancements made by the military. Though Brendan’s mood swings and abrupt disappearances are concerning, Cara falls for him and abandons her plans to move in with a friend in New York City. After getting pregnant with Brendan and giving birth to their son Micah, Cara stays with Brendan until he and Micah abruptly disappear. Five years later, Cara is still living on Martha’s Vineyard and married to Graham, a comparatively stable guy whose “style is based entirely on comfort and practicality.” Still, she never gives up hope that she will find Micah, especially after a local fisherman says he saw a man and a boy swimming together far out in the ocean, and when she runs into Brendan at her art gallery. Fedor’s neatly plotted narrative keeps the pages turning, and Cara’s emotional pull toward her lost family makes the far-fetched conceit feel believable. This sparkling debut will hook readers. Agent: Wendy Sherman, Wendy Sherman Assoc.

    • Library Journal

      June 10, 2024

      Fresh out of college and still reeling from her mother's death, Emma spends the summer on Martha's Vineyard. While there, she meets the enigmatic Brendan on a nude beach. Emma is immediately entranced by Brendan's personality, humor, and charm. When he shares that he can breathe underwater, thanks to military experiments, Emma believes him. After all, she's seen the gills. Soon the romance becomes more serious, and Emma and Brendan have a baby, Micah. When Brendan and Micah disappear, Emma is bereft. Five years later, Brendan resurfaces, and Emma must face the truth about the man she loved. Fedor's debut novel is an odd and confusing listen. The story has many layers and pieces that do not fit, requiring listeners to suspend disbelief. Even so, narrator Carlotta Brentan does a wonderful job as the heartbroken and somewhat naive Emma as she navigates her first love with a man she barely knows. Brentan perfectly captures the accent of someone from the Northeast, balancing the brash, self-assured Brendan with Emma and her lack of drive. VERDICT Part romance, part fantasy, this is an enjoyable, if occasionally perplexing listen. Suggest to those who appreciate emotional depth but don't insist on tight logic.--Elyssa Everling

      Copyright 2024 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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