Sharks in the time of saviors review6/1/2023 Perfect for fans of Little Fires Everywhere (2017), by Celeste Ng, Washburn's debut is an unforgettable tale of family, heartbreak, and healing, and his prose is lyrical and fresh.-Courtney Eathorne Copyright 2020 Booklist From Booklist, Copyright (c) American Library Association. With Nainoa missing, the rest of the family struggles to understand their dynamic as a unit and their identities on their own. Alone, he journeys deep into the jungle and doesn't return. After Nainoa is unable to save a young mother and child, he faces an existential crisis and returns to Hawaii to soul search. Later in life, Nainoa becomes a paramedic, repeatedly conjuring his mythical magic to revive the unrevivable. People travel from far and wide to harness his energy and good fortune for their own healing. His salvation becomes the stuff of legend. Augie and Malia are raising three children in their native Hawaii: basketball prodigy Dean, free spirit Kaui, and miracle son Nainoa, who fell into the ocean during a boat ride in childhood, and was lifted and saved from the water by a pack of benevolent sharks.
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