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An arresting and absorbing novel that spans decades, drawing us into the turbulent lives of a family in Southern California after the sudden death of the father

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Beginning in 1962 with a shocking loss, Shining Sea quickly pulls us into the lives of forty-three -year-old Michael Gannon´s widow and offspring. Brilliantly described and utterly alive on the page, the Gannon clan find themselves charting paths they never anticipated, for decades to come. Told with a cinematic sweep, Shining Sea transports us from World War II to the present day, crisscrossing from the beaches of Southern California to the Woodstock rock festival, from London´s gritty nightlife in the eighties to Scotland´s remote Inner Hebrides, from the dry heat of Arizona to the fertile farmland of Massachusetts.

Epic, tender, and beautifully rendered, Shining Sea is the portrait of an American family-a profound depiction of the ripple effects of war, the passing down of memory, the making of myth, and the power of the ideal of heroism to lead us astray but sometimes also to keep us afloat.

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"This absorbing generational story...explores complex dynamics and captures the mood of different decades in America. Korkeakivi´s cogent insight into family relationships and the impact of personal loss, as well as how the times we live in effect who we are, shines through.... Each character´s story is rich and excellently crafted.... In the end, Korkeakivi seamlessly brings her themes full circle-heroism, the importance of family, and giving back to the world."-Publishers Weekly (starred review)

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Anne Korkeakivi is the author of the novel An Unexpected Guest. Born and raised in New York City, she has lived in France and Finland, and currently resides in Geneva, Switzerland, with her husband, a human-rights lawyer with the United Nations, and their two daughters. Her short fiction and nonfiction have appeared in numerous publications in the United States and Britain.

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