Sea Creatures, Susanna Daniel
Sea Creatures, Susanna Daniel
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Sea Creatures
A Novel

Author: Susanna Daniel

Narrator: Karen White

Unabridged: 10 hr 51 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 07/30/2013


Synopsis

When Georgia Quillian returns to her hometown of Miami, her husband, Graham, and their young son in tow, she is hoping for a fresh start. The family has fled Illinois trailing scandal and disappointment, the fallout from Graham's severe sleep disorder and Georgia's failed business. To make matters worse, their charming three-year-old son, Frankie, has for months refused to speak a word.Although Georgia is still grieving her mother's death from five years earlier, her father and stepmother offer warm welcome—and a slip for the dilapidated houseboat Georgia and Graham have chosen to call home. On a lark, Georgia takes a job as an errand runner for a reclusive artist who lives in the middle of the bay, and she soon finds that time spent with the intense hermit might help Frankie find the courage to speak, and might also help her reconcile the woman she was with the woman she has become.But when Graham leaves to work on a research vessel in Hurricane Alley, and the truth behind Frankie's mutism is revealed, the family's challenges return, more complicated than before. As a hurricane bears down on South Florida later that summer, Georgia must face the fact that her choices have put her only child in grave danger.Sea Creatures is a mesmerizing exploration of the high stakes of marriage and parenthood, the story of a woman forced to choose between her husband, her child, and the possibility of new love.

About Susanna Daniel

Susanna Daniel was born and raised in Miami, Florida. Her first novel, Stiltsville, was awarded the PEN/Bingham prize for debut fiction. She is a graduate of Columbia University and the Iowa Writers' Workshop, and lives in Madison, Wisconsin.

About Karen White

Karen White is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of twenty-five novels, including Dreams of Falling and The Night the Lights Went Out. She has two grown children and currently lives near Atlanta, Georgia, with her husband and two spoiled Havanese dogs.


Reviews

Beautifully written, this is one of my favorite chic-lit books. The story involves family, motherhood, being a daughter, marriage, and starting over. Daniel’s writing style is lyrical and perfectly paced. Towards the end of the novel, it becomes a suspense novel. It’s written from Georgia Quillian’......more

Goodreads review by Melissa

When will I learn! "Literature!" Another theme done to death - married mid-30s white woman of upper-middle class liberal background with child just can't seem to grow up, frets about child, whines about it for the entire book, and looks for new love because her husband isn't exactly what she wants n......more

Goodreads review by Amy

Better than anticipated, worse than I'd have hoped for. I can't remember the summary I read, but it involved a mother's choice for the safety of her child, yadda yadda, and her dilemma over her husband, which, yes, ultimately, that's what it's about. It's an easy read; it's engaging; there's suppo......more

Goodreads review by Shannon

In the summer of 1992, thirty-six year old Georgia Quillian packs up the island cottage in Illinois and drives down to Miami, Florida, with her husband Graham and their two-year-old son, Frankie. Graham has a rare sleep disorder called parasomnia - in fact, their trouble sleeping was how Georgia and......more

Goodreads review by Roxane

I loved this book. I wrote about it on my Tumblr: [URL not allowed]......more