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Author:

Washburn, Kawai Strong, 1980- author.

Title:

Sharks in the time of saviors / Kawai Strong Washburn.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

MCD/FarrarStraus and Giroux,

Copyright Date:

2020

Description:

376 pages ; 22 cm

Subject:

Brothers and sisters--Fiction.
Families--Fiction.
Mythology--Fiction.
Sharks--Fiction.
Animal heroes--Fiction.
Hawaii--Fiction.
Paranormal fiction.

Summary:

"A groundbreaking debut novel that folds the legends of Hawaiian gods into an engrossing family saga; a story of exile and the pursuit of salvation"-- Provided by publisher.
In 1995 Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, on a rare family vacation, seven-year-old Nainoa Flores falls overboard a cruise ship into the Pacific Ocean. When a shiver of sharks appears in the water, everyone fears for the worst. But instead, Noa is gingerly delivered to his mother in the jaws of a shark, marking his story as the stuff of legends. Nainoa's family, struggling amidst the collapse of the sugarcane industry, hails his rescue as a sign of favor from ancient Hawaiian gods--a belief that appears validated after he exhibits puzzling new abilities. But as time passes, this supposed divine favor begins to drive the family apart: Nainoa, working now as a paramedic on the streets of Portland, struggles to fathom the full measure of his expanding abilities; further north in Washington, his older brother Dean hurtles into the world of elite college athletics, obsessed with wealth and fame; while in California, risk-obsessed younger sister Kaui navigates an unforgiving academic workload in an attempt to forge her independence from the family's legacy. When supernatural events revisit the Flores family in Hawai'i--with tragic consequences--they are all forced to reckon with the bonds of family, the meaning of heritage, and the cost of survival.

ISBN:

0374272085
9780374272081

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1102067482

LCCN:

2019046742

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