The Last True Poets of the Sea

<DIV><B>Fans of<I> Far from the Tree, We Are Okay </I>and<I> Emergency Contact </I>will love this epic, utterly unforgettable contemporary novel about a lost shipwreck, a missing piece of family history, and weathering the storms of life. </B><BR/><BR/>The Larkin family isn't just lucky—they <I>persevere</I>. At least that's what Violet and her younger brother, Sam, were always told. When the <I>Lyric </I>sank off the coast of Maine, their great-great-great-grandmother didn't drown like the rest of the passengers. No, Fidelia swam to shore, fell in love, and founded Lyric, Maine, the town Violet and Sam returned to every summer. But wrecks seem to run in the family: Tall, funny, musical Violet can't stop partying with the wrong people. And, one beautiful summer day, brilliant, sensitive Sam attempts to take his own life.<BR/><BR/>Shipped back to Lyric while Sam is in treatment, Violet is haunted by her family's missing piece—the lost shipwreck s