{"product_id":"what-the-waves-know-9780062413857","title":"What the Waves Know","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the tradition of Sue Monk Kidd and Beth Hoffman comes a compelling debut novel about a young woman's quest to find herself--and her voice--on the island where she lost both.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe tiny state of Rhode Island is home to even tinier Tillings Island--which witnessed the biggest event of Izabella Rae Haywood's life. For it was there, on Iz's sixth birthday, that her father left...and took her voice with him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEight years later in the summer of 1974, Iz's mother is through with social workers, psychiatrists and her daughter's silence. In one last attempt to return Iz's voice, the motley pair board the ferry to Tillings in hopes that the journey will help Izabella heal herself by piecing together splintered memories of the day her words fled.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut heartbreak is a difficult puzzle to solve, and everyone in Tillings seems to know something Iz does not. Worse, each has an opinion about Izabella's dreamer of a father, the undercurrents of whose actions have spun so many lives off course.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow, as the island's annual \u003cem\u003eYemay \u003c\/em\u003e festival prepares to celebrate the ties that bind mothers to children, lovers to each other, and humankind to the sea, Izabella must unravel the tangled threads of her own history and reclaim a voice gone silent...or risk losing herself--and any chance she may have for a future--to the past.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhat the Waves Know\u003c\/em\u003e is a moving, magical novel that asks us to consider the stories which tell the truth and the stories we tell ourselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tamara Valentine\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e William Morrow \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/09\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.80h x 5.20w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780062413857\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2015 pg. 97\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/15\/2015 pg. 22\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRomantic Times\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2016 pg. 363 - Excellent\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eValentine, Tamara:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTamara Valentine obtained an M.A. with distinction from Middlebury College and has spent the past fourteen years as a professor in the English Department at Johnson \u0026amp; Wales University. Presently, she lives in Kingston, Rhode Island, with her husband and three children. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William Morrow \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":39923995902067,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":15.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_19854bcf-0879-4ef6-a6a4-f6f5121ec58b.jpg?v=1647435416","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/what-the-waves-know-9780062413857","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}