The Year of Oceans

A new literary novel by author Sean Anderson. Hugo Larson is a retired accountant living in North Seattle. Having recently lost the person most important to him he attempts to make a life for himself in spite of that gaping absence. While he spends his time swimming gardening and accomplishing the mundane tasks of everyday life he also has several important relationships to manage. Adrian is Hugos caring but foolish son a young man desperately in need of career guidance. Hugos brother Martin brims with positive energy and a life many would envy: a kind wife an illustrious teaching career and a darling granddaughter--but at the implications of retiring. Then there is Paul a serene next-door neighbor and friend who is haunted by his own loss who goes on adventures with Hugo through the city. Despite all this Hugo faces the heaviness of existence confronts towering questions embraces and then pushes away those close to him. Through the course of one year he faces his past struggles with the present and questions the future. What waits for Hugo at the end of that year?