Thank you to Shelf Awareness for this beautiful description of Shining Sea: “With both epic scope and beautiful minimalism, Shining Sea traces the family lineage from the fallout of World War II through the entirety of Vietnam, across Europe and the Irish Troubles, and into the present day in fewer than 300 pages.” To read…(Read More)
Author Caroline Leavitt not only blurbed Shining Sea, she also invited me on to her wonderful author’s blog. And then got me to talk about obsessions, Woodstock, currachs, and the kindness of strangers–among other things. To read the full Q&A, please see here…(Read More)
Paris Writers News asked me. To see what I answered–to this as well as other questions, please look here…(Read More)
I’ll be bringing Shining Sea to an abundance of beautiful different venues, from some of our most wonderful indie bookstores to most fabulous book festivals, from Massachusetts to Miami and still further afield, starting with the book’s official launch at Book Culture on Columbus in NYC on August 9th. Please come! Please check…(Read More)
Booklist says of Shining Sea: “With a far-reaching plot that includes the military, the counterculture, marriage, parenthood, loss, and AIDS, and storytelling that couples pointed restraint with sweeping vision, Korkeakivi covers the not-so-shining moments of the late twentieth century. The result is a family saga that explores the lingering effects of war…(Read More)
I’m so grateful for all the reviews I’ve gotten for Shining Sea to date, but this one from Elite Daily–“Five Books You Should Read This Summer–Based On Their Covers”–is the first one that’s made me laugh: “It’ll look good on your bookshelf, and it’ll make you cry…(Read More)
Finding Time To Write blog calls Shining Sea the perfect summer read: “I really admire writers who can telescope several years’ worth of events but then also linger on a revealing detail. Anne Korkeakivi navigates this with elegance and impeccable prose… I loved it above all for the precise, lyrical language; the dusting of poetry…(Read More)
Shining Sea is on the “Most Anticipated: The Great Second-Half 2016 Book Preview” at the Millions. “A meditation on family, the long shadow of war over generations, and myth-making.” To see the rest, look here…(Read More)
Bustle calls Shining Sea one of the “12 Travel Books That Will Transport You This Summer, Even If You’re Stuck In The Office… A gut-wrenching story about war, family, and the persistence of memory, Shining Sea will take you all over the globe without so much as leaving your reading chair.” To see…(Read More)
“How do we as individuals reconcile the war experiences of our family members with our own, as combatants or civilians? How deeply and permanently does war permeate society, even far—geographically and temporally—from the front lines? And, ultimately, what can we learn from it?” In a fourth-of-July op-ed for TIME magazine…(Read More)
