TALKING UNDERWATER

“Sister” is a sacred word. Cattail Beach is joy. Until one day at its shore, both are lost in a single moment.

Family is life, and Amy has a gentle, happy one. Devoted parents, a loving marriage, two little girls, a fulfilling career and a cherished relationship with her sister. Amy and Heather are more than sisters—best friends, inseparable confidants, co-workers and, finally, mothers. Cattail, the adored beach near their coastal New England home, is Amy’s place of refuge and the backdrop for their happiest summer memories. But when a mistake there ends tragically, almost destroying everything that Amy holds as sacred, she doesn’t know how she’ll continue, nor mend the rift with her sister that results.

Talking Underwater explores the balance between the elation of family summers at the ocean and the ways we navigate unbearable heartache and find news ways of being.