A Belletrist Book Club Selection Van Meter's debut is an unwavering triumph .
A coming-of-age that's as human as it is wild.
-- The New York Times Book Review On the eve of Evangeline's wedding, on the shore of Winter Island, a dead whale is trapped in the harbor, the groom may be lost at sea, and Evie's mostly absent mother has shown up out of the blue.
From there, in this mesmerizing, provocative debut, the narrative flows back and forth through time as Evie r.
