She becomes the first female diver, the most dangerous and exclusive of occupations, repairing the ships that will help America win the war. Anna works at the Brooklyn Naval Yard, where women are allowed to hold jobs that once belonged to men, now soldiers abroad. Years later, her father has disappeared and the country is at war. She is mesmerized by the sea beyond the house and by some charged mystery between the two men. The daring and magnificent novel from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author ofĪnna Kerrigan, nearly twelve years old, accompanies her father to visit Dexter Styles, a man who, she gleans, is crucial to the survival of her father and her family. "Immensely satisfying.an old-fashioned page-turner, tweaked by this witty and sophisticated writer.Egan is masterly at displaying mastery.she works a formidable kind of magic." -Dwight Garner, The Guardian, Vogue, Esquire, Kirkus Reviews, Philadelphia Inquirer, BookPage, Bustle, Southern Living,
* Longlisted for the National Book Award for Fiction
* Winner of the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction
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