Sea Change

A novel about a woman tossed overboard by heartbreak and loss, who has to find her way back to stable shores with the help of a giant Pacific octopus. For fans of Julia Armfield's Our Wives Under the Sea.

LONGLISTED FOR THE CENTER FOR FICTION FIRST NOVEL PRIZE ''Absolutely stunning . . . Full of longing, mystery, fear and hope. I loved this book to pieces!'' - Frances Cha, author of If I Had Your Face Aquarium worker Ro''s life is imploding: 1. Her boyfriend is on a one-way mission to Mars 2. Her best friend is ignoring her existence 3. Dolores (the giant Pacific octopus) is going to be sold As storms rage around her, can Ro get back on course? ''Chung''s writing is masterful, and Sea Change is glorious'' - Bryan Washington, author of Family Meal and Memorial ''Chung has proven she is a true original'' Jean Kyoung Frazier, author of Pizza Girl

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Gina Chung is a Korean American writer from New Jersey currently living in Brooklyn, New York. She is a 2021-2022 Center for Fiction/Susan Kamil Emerging Writer Fellow and holds an MFA in fiction from The New School. Her work appears or is forthcoming in The Kenyon Review, Catapult, Gulf Coast, Indiana Review and Idaho Review among others. She is also the author of the story collection Green Frog. Sea Change is her first novel.

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Longlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize

'Chung's writing is masterful, and Sea Change is glorious' - Bryan Washington, author Memorial

Aquarium worker Ro's life is imploding:

1. Her boyfriend is on a one-way mission to Mars
2. Her best friend is ignoring her existence

3. Dolores (the giant Pacific octopus) is going to be sold

   As storms rage around her, can Ro get back on course?

   'Chung has proven she is a true original' - Jean Kyoung Frazier, author of Pizza Girl

   'Absolutely stunning . . . Full of longing, mystery, fear and hope. I loved this book to pieces!' - Frances Cha, author of If I Had Your Face