The Sea of LightThe Sea of Light is a wise, beautiful, and very American story of three women and their desire to excel and win - and heal one another - in the highly charged world of athletic competition. Angelita is the hurricane that brings down a plane carrying a team of star-quality swimmers, groomed from childhood to compete at the international level. Babe Delgado is a young Cuban-American woman, presumed dead, who is rescued from the crash. Fifty-one hours in the Atlantic have left her scarred in body and spirit, afraid to compete again. Brenna Allen is a tough, driven swim coach at a small university, grieving for a lover lost to cancer. She finds solace in building her own winning team, driving her overworked captain, Ellie Marks, ever harder. Ellie is a child of holocaust survivors, struggling to own herself and her sexuality as hard as she's working to win. Brenna recruits Babe, promising to help her rebuild her damaged body, strength, and will. The Sea of Light is a story of wins, losses, and passions in a world where destiny and magic interfere with victory, where families are forced to reconcile with private hurts and false dreams, and where a redemptive, healing love between women - erotic and overwhelmingly intimate - stands in stark contrast to the expectations of the world. A sensitive, powerful tale of self-discovery, sexual identity, and violent emotions unleashed by sudden disaster, this novel is sure to command attention and acclaim. |
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... Leave her alone , Barbara said . Don't you understand that she wants to be alone ? Alone ? I stormed back . Alone ? Do you think she knows what she wants ? Alone in the ocean for fifty - one hours , and you tell me to leave her alone ...
... Leave her alone , Barbara said . Don't you understand that she wants to be alone ? Alone ? I stormed back . Alone ? Do you think she knows what she wants ? Alone in the ocean for fifty - one hours , and you tell me to leave her alone ...
Page 88
... leaves me lonely . I can feel how all alone I am inside : lightless , talentless , tiny and desolate , without a win to ... leave her behind on her lookout . The creak of the chair mingles with the breeze , with the faint leafy rustle of ...
... leaves me lonely . I can feel how all alone I am inside : lightless , talentless , tiny and desolate , without a win to ... leave her behind on her lookout . The creak of the chair mingles with the breeze , with the faint leafy rustle of ...
Page 385
... leaves us mutually stained with tomato paste , licorice , diaper slime . We keep each other company in front of ... leave two nightlights on . I shove mobile hazards against the hallway walls to clear a path , turn off the TV , dump ...
... leaves us mutually stained with tomato paste , licorice , diaper slime . We keep each other company in front of ... leave two nightlights on . I shove mobile hazards against the hallway walls to clear a path , turn off the TV , dump ...
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