'This story of a young woman coming to terms with herself and her family is so filled with virtues and heart that it is hard to know where to begin. 'At once hilarious, insightful, and swashbuckling, Drake's debut is a lyrical adventure like no other.'― David Arnold, New York Times best-selling author of Mosquitoland I know readers are going to root for Violet and want to ride out the waves of life, love, and loss with her.'― Angie Manfredi, Youth Services Consultant, State Library of Iowa 'A mystery, a redemption story, a family story, a love story, a best friend story, and a whole lot of incredible, vivid writing. 'As warm and bright as a beach bonfire on a hazy summer night, The Last True Poets of the Sea will lift you up on a tide of love and lyricism, and carry you away, laughing and crying.'― Jeff Zentner, Morris Award-winning author 'synopsis' may belong to another edition of this title. Whether or not they find the Lyric, the journey Violet takes-and the bridges she builds along the way-may be the start of something like survival.Įpic, funny, and sweepingly romantic, The Last True Poets of the Sea is an astonishing debut about the strength it takes to swim up from a wreck. She finds a fellow wreck hunter in Liv Stone, an amateur local historian whose sparkling intelligence and guarded gray eyes make Violet ache in an exhilarating new way. Desperate to make amends, Violet embarks on a wildly ambitious mission: locate the Lyric, lain hidden in a watery grave for over a century. Shipped back to Lyric while Sam is in treatment, Violet is haunted by her family's missing piece-the lost shipwreck she and Sam dreamed of discovering when they were children. And, one beautiful summer day, brilliant, sensitive Sam attempts to take his own life. No, Fidelia swam to shore, fell in love, and founded Lyric, Maine, the town Violet and Sam returned to every summer.īut wrecks seem to run in the family: Tall, funny, musical Violet can't stop partying with the wrong people. When the Lyric sank off the coast of Maine, their great-great-great-grandmother didn't drown like the rest of the passengers. At least that's what Violet and her younger brother, Sam, were always told.

The Larkin family isn't just lucky-they persevere. 'Profound and page-turning.' -Madeline Miller, #1 New York Times best-selling author of Circe From a stunning new voice in YA literature comes an epic, utterly unforgettable contemporary novel about a lost shipwreck, a missing piece of family history, and weathering the storms of life.

The last true poets of the sea