Ocean Child A Novel

A compelling family saga exploring the many ways in which we find belonging on the restless seas of everyday life. - Victoria Lilly INDEPENDENT BOOK REVIEW A layered meditation on the power of buried secrets and family ties.- PUBLISHERS WEEKLY A promising debut that tells an earnest and emotional story about inherited and chosen families. - KIRKUS REVIEWSOne father. Three daughters continents apart. A lifetime of secrets...Julia a free-spirited surfer in Sydney is drowning under her father’s control. Catrina an ambitious Californian has lived 22years without the dad who left her mother heartbroken. Miriam a London TV star never even knew her father’s name.They are strangers–until a shocking discovery reveals they share one parent an ocean of lies and the chance to find the family they never knew they needed. For Julia it’s an escape from her domineering father’s shadow; for Catrina it’s an unwelcome reminder of the man she swore to forget; for Miriam it’s a lifeline in her darkest hour. Tentatively these three women forge a bond uncovering the truth of their father’s past and the half-sisters separated by distance and deceit.From the sun-soaked beaches of Sydney to the bustling streets of London and the palm-lined coast of Southern California Ocean Child is a sweeping journey of sisterhood identity and second chances. As Julia Catrina and Miriam confront old wounds and buried secrets they must decide: will the truth break them apart or heal what was never truly whole?