{"product_id":"the-last-wave-9781487002930","title":"The Last Wave","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGillian Best, winner of the Bronwen Wallace Award for Short Fiction, weaves a striking literary debut centred on one woman's relationship to the sea in this sweeping intergenerational family saga.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA beautifully rendered family drama set in Dover, England, between the 1940s and the present day, \u003ci\u003eThe Last Wave \u003c\/i\u003efollows the life of Martha, a woman who has swum the English Channel ten times, and the complex relationships she has with her husband, her children, and her close friends. The one constant in Martha's life is the sea, from her first accidental baptism to her final crossing of the channel. The sea is an escape from her responsibilities as a wife and a mother; it consoles her when she is diagnosed with cancer; and it comforts her when her husband's mind begins to unravel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn intergenerational saga spanning six decades, \u003ci\u003eThe Last Wave\u003c\/i\u003e is a wholly authentic portrait of a family buffeted by illness, intolerance, anger, failure, and regret. Gillian Best is a mature, accomplished, and compelling new voice in fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBest, Gillian:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eGILLIAN BEST is a writer, swimmer, and seaside enthusiast. She won the Bronwen Wallace Award for Short Fiction and was a finalist for the Bridport Prize International Creative Writing Competition and Wasafiri's New Writing Prize. She was also longlisted for the WriteIdea Short Story Prize. She has studied at York University, University College Falmouth, and the University of Glasgow. Originally from Waterloo, Canada, she now lives in Bristol, U.K.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"House of Anansi Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50492632793362,"sku":"9781487002930","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_0bb4cf96-9303-4615-8fca-c230e6337c08.jpg?v=1730600542","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-last-wave-9781487002930","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}