Sea Change: A Novel

by Jeremy Page Narrated by John Lee

Overview

A stunning follow-up from the author of the memorable debut, Salt

A field, a perfect morning, and a family destroyed in a single moment. After the death of his only daughter and the dissolution of his marriage, Guy is left alone and searching for answers. He sets out to sea on an old Dutch barge-acquired on a whim-that has now become his home. Every night Guy writes the imagined diary of the man he should be-and the family he should have. Every morning he wakes to the knowledge of all he has lost.

Guy embarks on the stormy waters of the North Sea, while in his diary he recounts an unforgettable trip through the small towns and nightclubs of the rural American South. As he travels, Guy's stories begin to unfold in unexpected ways. And when he meets two women who are also at sea and searching for answers, he realizes that it might just be possible to begin his life again.

Haunting and exquisitely crafted, Sea Change is a deeply affecting novel of love and family by an acclaimed young writer.

Editorial Reviews

Booklist

[Page’s] minutely observed characters and his evocation of almost every subject he treats are masterful.”

Time Out (New York)

Gripping…Meditative…The slow, thorough Sea Change is a success…Page’s musings have a light touch but never meander too far without finding some way to serve the story…An authorial statement about humanity’s conflicting desires to protect and to persevere.”

AudioFile

British narrator John Lee kicks this production into high gear as he recounts the story of Guy, a man whose life compass goes missing for a long time. He journeys on the North Sea on a refurbished Dutch barge he calls home. Lee compassionately describes how Guy chronicles an imagined diary of a life never lived—with a family he never thought he’d lose. Lee delivers a complicated story of a father’s grief and provides the backdrop for Guy’s guarded metamorphosis when he meets two women at sea and gradually discovers that life may have purpose for him once more.”

New York Times

The opening scene in Jeremy Page’s novel is an absolute stunner.”

Washington Post Book World

Page is a sensitive, pensive writer, and he has endowed Guy with the same skill to compose this poignant story within the story…As introspective and painful as Sea Change is, it remains engaging and even surprising all the way to the end. Page knows enough about real grief to be aware that it follows no regular stages.”

Product Details

BN ID:	2940169574555
Publisher:	Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Publication date:	11/15/2010
Edition description:	Unabridged

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