{"product_id":"the-sea-glass-shore-9780988265790","title":"The Sea-Glass Shore","description":"\u003cb\u003eWhen Jack, librarian and folklorist, meets Rona, she puts aside her sealskin to live as his human wife. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e Jack knows all selkie stories end the same: the seal-woman finds her stolen skin and leaves. But he hasn't stolen Rona's skin, and they both believe their relationship is different. Making a family together seems easy and obvious--until time, children, and a threat to Rona's home shore endanger everything they've promised to each other. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMost selkie stories are about the beginning or the end, but this one is about the middle. How do you live with a family past of people disappearing into the sea? How do you avoid the same wrong act everyone has committed before you? And what is love--for a spouse, a child, a mortal world--in the face of history? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet in a mythic, contemporary Pacific Northwest shaped by Native and European storytelling, artist communes, and corporate fakelore, \u003ci\u003eThe Sea-Glass Shore\u003c\/i\u003e is a domestic fable about the power of the past and the making of a daily present.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Julie Salmon Kelleher\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Forest Avenue Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 342\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780988265790\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/27\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJulie Salmon Kelleher\u003c\/b\u003e grew up in five different towns in Washington State. She holds a B.A. from Reed College and a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago, and currently teaches courses on humanities, nature literature, and fantasy writing in the Honors College at Western Washington University. Granddaughter to an Irish lawyer, an English teacher, a farm wife, and a logger turned dairyman, she lives with her family in a Cascadian college town, midway between the mountains and the sea.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Julie Salmon Kelleher \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":48910154924189,"sku":"9780988265790","price":21.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_42765c8e-4a69-4df7-bb5b-162ecae2be17.jpg?v=1789456530","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/the-sea-glass-shore-9780988265790","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}