Sharks in the Time of Saviours Sharks in the Time of Saviours

Sharks in the Time of Saviours

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Publisher Description

'The next time I went for air you were at the surface, sideways, prone and ragdolling in the mouth of a shark. But the shark was holding you gently, do you understand? It was holding you like you were made of glass, like you were its child.'

In 1995 in Kailua-Kona, Hawai'i, seven-year-old Nainoa Flores is saved from drowning by a shiver of sharks. His family, struggling to make ends meet amidst the collapse of the sugar cane industry, hails his rescue as a sign of favour from ancient Hawaiian gods. But as time passes, this hope gives way to economic realities, forcing Nainoa and his siblings to seek salvation across the continental United States, leaving behind home and family.

With stunning physical detail and a profound command of language, Washburn's powerful debut examines what it means to be both of a place, and a stranger in it.

GENRE
Fiction
NARRATOR
GB
GK Bowen
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
10:38
hr min
RELEASED
2020
3 March
PUBLISHER
Penguin Random House Australia
SIZE
335.7
MB