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Sea of Tranquility

by Emily St. John Mandel

A mind-bending literary novel that links lives across centuries, Earth, and moon colonies through a mystery about time, reality, and parallel worlds.

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About Sea of Tranquility

The instant Sunday Times bestseller, Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel is a story of parallel worlds and possibilities that plays with the very line along which time should run. 'So wise, so graceful, so rich' - Naomi Alderman, author of The Power 'Ingenious' - Guardian Lives separated by time and space have collided, and an exiled Englishman, a writer trapped far from home, and a girl destined to die too young, have each glimpsed a world that is not their own. Travelling through the centuries, between colonies on the moon and an ever-changing Earth, together their lives will solve a mystery that will make you question everything you thought you knew to be true. From the award-winning author of Station Eleven.

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Content warnings
  • pandemic
  • death of a young person
  • grief
  • isolation
  • terminal illness themes
  • suicide
  • colonialism
  • gun violence

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