{"product_id":"book-dke6","title":"Sea Wife","description":"\u003cb\u003eA\u003ci\u003e New York Times \u003c\/i\u003eNotable Book\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eSea Wife\u003c\/i\u003e is a gripping tale of survival at sea—but that’s just the beginning. Amity Gaige also manages, before she’s done, to probe the underpinnings of romantic love, marriage, literary ambition, political inclinations in the Trump age, parenthood, and finally, the nature of survival itself in our broken world. Gaige is thrillingly talented, and her novel enchants.\"\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Jennifer Egan\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e“Sea Wife\u003c\/i\u003e brilliantly breathes life not only into the perils of living at sea, but also into the fraught and hidden dangers of domesticity, motherhood, and marriage. What a smart, swift, and thrilling novel.”\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Lauren Groff\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the highly acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eSchroder\u003c\/i\u003e, a smart, sophisticated literary page-turner about a young family who escape suburbia for a yearlong sailing trip that upends all of their lives.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJuliet is failing to juggle motherhood and her stalled-out dissertation on confessional poetry when her husband, Michael, informs her that he wants to leave his job and buy a sailboat. With their two kids—Sybil, age seven, and George, age two—Juliet and Michael set off for Panama, where their forty-four foot sailboat awaits them. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe initial result is transformative; the marriage is given a gust of energy, Juliet emerges from her depression, and the children quickly embrace the joys of being feral children at sea. Despite the stresses of being novice sailors, the family learns to crew the boat together on the ever-changing sea. The vast horizons and isolated islands offer Juliet and Michael reprieve – until they are tested by the unforeseen.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSea Wife\u003c\/i\u003e is told in gripping dual perspectives: Juliet’s first person narration, after the journey, as she struggles to come to terms with the life-changing events that unfolded at sea, and Michael’s captain’s log, which provides a riveting, slow-motion account of these same inexorable events, a dialogue that reveals the fault lines created by personal history and political divisions. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSea Wife\u003c\/i\u003e is a transporting novel about marriage, family and love in a time of unprecedented turmoil. It is unforgettable in its power and astonishingly perceptive in its portrayal of optimism, disillusionment, and survival.","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49327938044208,"sku":"BDdke6","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/411061-dke6-Square.jpg?v=1733702398","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-dke6","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}