The Last True Poets of the Sea
Ratings11
Average rating4.3
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Ratings11
Average rating4.3
From a new voice in YA literature comes an epic, utterly unforgettable contemporary novel about a lost shipwreck, a missing piece of family history, and weathering the storms of life. Fans of Far from the Tree, We Are Okay, and Emergency Contact will love this stunning debut. "Profound and page-turning." --Madeline Miller, #1 New York Times best-selling author of Circe The Larkin family isn't just lucky-they persevere. At least that's what Violet and her younger brother, Sam, were always told. When the Lyric sank off the coast of Maine, their great-great-great-grandmother didn't drown like the rest of the passengers. No, Fidelia swam to shore, fell in love, and founded Lyric, Maine, the town Violet and Sam returned to every summer. But wrecks seem to run in the family: Tall, funny, musical Violet can't stop partying with the wrong people. And, one beautiful summer day, brilliant, sensitive Sam attempts to take his own life. Shipped back to Lyric while Sam is in treatment, Violet is haunted by her family's missing piece-the lost shipwreck she and Sam dreamed of discovering when they were children. Desperate to make amends, Violet embarks on a wildly ambitious mission: locate the Lyric, lain hidden in a watery grave for over a century. She finds a fellow wreck hunter in Liv Stone, an amateur local historian whose sparkling intelligence and guarded gray eyes make Violet ache in an exhilarating new way. Whether or not they find the Lyric, the journey Violet takes-and the bridges she builds along the way-may be the start of something like survival. Epic, funny, and sweepingly romantic, The Last True Poets of the Sea is an astonishing debut about the strength it takes to swim up from a wreck.
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This is one of those books that will have a Forever under my skin. I don't know how else to explain it except to say that I wish I could read it for the first time again, and then, perhaps, with a quote because I adore the imagery:
“A thousand prisms. I imagined sunlight piercing a glass chest full of cut crystals, the light turning to Technicolor fractals as it passed through jewels.”
I think I was destined to read this. It's got everything - an overly poetic title (titles make up about 60% of my decision to read a book), mental illness, gays, the beach but cold and rocky. The Last True Poets of the Sea perfectly fills the niche that [b:Moominpappa at Sea 79551 Moominpappa at Sea (The Moomins, #8) Tove Jansson https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1386924188l/79551.SY75.jpg 76814] carved out in me when I was in second grade. 11/10, can't wait to reread.
