by Deb Caletti
First published 2022
Harper Proulx has spent her life wondering about her anonymous sperm donor father. She believes she cannot truly know herself without knowing him. When an Instagram post connects her to a half sibling, Harper discovers more siblings and finally learns her father's identity. Fresh from a breakup and struggling with pandemic anxiety, Harper travels to Hawaii with her newfound half siblings to meet him. They find a charismatic deep-sea diver consumed by his quest to solve the mystery of a fragile underwater shipwreck. That summer forces Harper to confront fundamental questions about identity. Is she defined by her DNA or her experiences? By her successes or failures? By what she loves or what she hates? The journey becomes less about finding her father and more about discovering who she truly is.
Genres: romance, literary-fiction, contemporary, family-drama
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: found-family, self-discovery
Setting: Hawaii
Period: 21st-century
416 pages · Library Binding · Labyrinth Road
Content warnings: anxiety