Veselka digs deep into the psyche of the human condition. Along the way, you will learn the shipwright’s way of life and receive a humbling, visceral education on the workings and working on a skiff, vessel, boat, while Livy labors toward her dream of fishing in Alaska—to pursue her desired occupation/5(). The Great Offshore Grounds, Vanessa Veselka’s National Book Award longlisted novel, is constantly searching for its own definition of freedom. Yet the writer’s story of two sisters on the road (and sea) amounts to an aimless journey, meandering like an interstate stricken by detours/5(). · The Great Offshore Grounds – and organizing unions Febru Ap by Vanessa Veselka My new novel, The Great Offshore Grounds, will be out on Knopf, August 25 th, Estimated Reading Time: 3 mins.
THE GREAT OFFSHORE GROUNDS. by Vanessa Veselka ‧ RELEASE DATE: Aug. 26, A dysfunctional family's understanding of who they truly are is upended by a long-held secret. Livy and Cheyenne are sisters in their early 30s, born on the same day to the same father but different mothers. This isn't the end of their messy family tree: Raised. Vanessa Veselka is a keen observer of the world and a powerhouse storyteller, and you can't help but fall in love with sisters Livy and Cheyenne. The Great Offshore Grounds is a gritty but luminous epic, beautifully cerebral, a deeply real story with touches of surrealism, loads of dark humor, and loads of heart. "The Great Offshore Grounds reminded me of what a great novel can do - Veselka's seafaring epic has the forward momentum of a grand adventure and the spiraling depth of a new myth. All the pleasure of eighteenth century storytelling renewed for our newborn millennium.
The Great Offshore Grounds. A wildly original, cross-country novel that subverts a long tradition of family narratives and casts new light on the mythologies–national, individual, and collective–that drive and define us. Moving from Seattle’s underground to the docks of the Far North, from the hideaways of the southern swamps to the storied reaches of the Great Offshore Grounds, Vanessa Veselka spins a tale with boundless verve, linguistic vitality, and undeniable tenderness. Veselka digs deep into the psyche of the human condition. Along the way, you will learn the shipwright’s way of life and receive a humbling, visceral education on the workings and working on a skiff, vessel, boat, while Livy labors toward her dream of fishing in Alaska—to pursue her desired occupation. The Great Offshore Grounds is an unforgettable journey through a country full of malice and greed and beauty and grace. A brilliant and fearless book." —Nathan Hill, author of The Nix "Vanessa Veselka writes with the power of the ocean tides, and The Great Offshore Grounds teems with life as beguiling and beautiful as any undersea grotto. This novel is warmhearted and coldblooded and I’ll never forget Livy and Cheyenne and their fierce bond and bottomless wonder.
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