Sharks In The Time Of Saviours Av Kawai Strong Washburn

<p><b>''As vivid as it is splendid''<i> New York Times</i><br>''Beautifully written and completely absorbing'' Sarah Moss, <i>Guardian</i></b><br><br><b>A BARACK OBAMA BOOK OF THE YEAR</b><br><b>WINNER OF THE PEN/HEMINGWAY AWARD FOR DEBUT NOVEL and </b><b>SHORTLISTED FOR THE KITSCHIES GOLD TENTACLE AWARD</b><br><b>A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR in the <i>NEW YORK TIMES</i>, <i>GUARDIAN</i>,<i> IRISH TIMES</i>, <i>OPRAH MAGAZINE </i>and BBC CULTURE</b><br><br>At seven years old, Nainoa falls into the sea and a shark takes him in its jaws - only to return him, unharmed, to his parents. For the next thirty years Noa and his siblings struggle with life in the shadow of this miracle.<br><br><i>Sharks in the Time of Saviours</i> is a brilliantly original and inventive novel, the sweeping story of a family living in poverty among the remnants of Hawai''i''s mythic past and the wreckage of the American dream.</p>