Hazel Bly and the Deep Blue Sea

De: Ashley Herring Blake

Narrado por: Natalie Duke

For fans of Erin Entrada Kelly and Ali Benjamin comes a poignant yet hopeful novel about a girl navigating grief, trauma, and friendship, from Ashley Herring Blake, the award-winning author of Ivy Aberdeen's Letter to the World.

Hazel Bly used to live in the perfect house with the perfect family in sunny California. But when a kayaking trip goes horribly wrong, Mum is suddenly gone forever and Hazel is left with crippling anxiety and a jagged scar on her face. After Mum's death, Hazel, her other mother, Mama, and her little sister, Peach, needed a fresh start. So for the last two years, the Bly girls have lived all over the country, never settling anywhere for more than a few months.

When the family arrives in Rose Harbor, Maine, there's a wildness to the small town that feels like magic. But when Mama runs into an old childhood friend - Claire - suddenly Hazel's tight-knit world is infiltrated. To make it worse, she has a daughter Hazel's age, Lemon, who can't stop rambling on and on about the Rose Maid, a local 150-year-old mermaid myth.

Soon, Hazel finds herself just as obsessed with the Rose Maid as Lemon is - because what if magic were real? What if grief really could change you so much, you weren't even yourself anymore? And what if instead you emerged from the darkness stronger than before?

©2021 Ashley Herring Blake (P)2021 Spotify Audiobooks

Well it made me cry at work, so good job.

Ive read several of Ashley Herring Blake's adult centered books, so this one has been on my radar for a while. Now that Ive finally given in and listened to this one Im kicking myself for waiting so long.
Im having funimagining a companion book or novella that covers the adult characters perspectives in this story.

grief and love

a wonderful story of a young girl dealing with grief of losing one of her mothers. This book was wonderful the author did an amazing job with incorporating all the grief, sorrow and loneliness of losing a parent. As well as showing hazel’s process of working through her grief and discovering how to live her life as a kid again. the whole book felt like a sorrowful dream and I loved the queer representation, as well, it really added the cherry on top.

lovely

I've just discovered this author and I'm hooked. I plan on working my way through her catalog. She writes so beautifully. The narration was spot on. I loved it. Don't hesitate to download this. Highly recommend.

Another excellent author goes woke

Great story line about a child dealing with the harsh realities of life co-mingled with childhood fantasy. Great performances by the narrarator and I have enjoyed all of the authors other books. but it seem wokness has crept in as well.