Book Buzz: Habits of the Sea by Shea Ernshaw
“Sometimes a story blows through your heart like a strong wind. That’s how it felt writing Habits of the Sea.
It haunted my sleep and prodded at me when I was awake. I had no other choice but to write it. It’s not my story. It belongs to someone else. Someone from long ago. Another timeline. Another life. One, I suspect, I’ll never fully understand.”
― Shea Ernshaw, Instagram
What booksellers are saying about Habits of the Sea
- Love, loss, magic, and connection. This is a moving story of who we think we are and who we can become.
― Susan Williams, M Judson, Booksellers, Greenville, South Carolina | BUY
- After a brief visit as a child, Ellie is forever impacted by her time on a mythical island. When it resurfaces, she finds herself called back — then stranded with its mysterious caretaker. For fans of The Time Traveler’s Wife, Ernshaw’s novel is both achingly romantic and environmentally prescient.
― Matilda McNeely, Little Shop of Stories, Decatur, Georgia | BUY
- John Donne said "No man is an island," and Clay Lockhart said "Hold my beer." This story is a feast for the imagination! Shea Ernshaw’s writing and description of setting are so remarkably visceral I always felt like I was there on the island watching Clay and Ellie live this extraordinary life. It’s one of the most unique stories I’ve ever read.
― Savannah, The Country Bookshop, Southern Pines, North Carolina | BUY
- Sometimes you encounter a book that is hard to review. You turn the last page and it is like stepping out of a different reality, and you are left with feelings that don’t quite translate into thoughts. This is Habits of the Sea, a magical story that stays with you, sitting quietly in a corner of your mind.
― Erika Patoni, Righton Books, St. Simons Island, Georgia | BUY
About Shea Ernshaw
Shea Ernshaw is a #1 New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of The Wicked Deep, Winterwood, A Wilderness of Stairs, Long Live the Pumpkin Queen, and A History of Wild Places. Her books have been published in over twenty countries and repeatedly chosen as Indie Next Picks. She lives in a small mountain town in Oregon and is happiest when lost in a good book, lost in the woods, or writing her next novel. Visit her online at SheaErnshaw.com.
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I have had relationships with humans, but I’ve also loved a lot of people in stories. I’ve been told by my doctor not to talk about this too much, but ever since I was a child, I’ve had 30 or 40 imaginary friends who live on a different star or planet with whom I have shared love and sexual experiences. ……Some say that the worlds I write about are dystopian, but a lot of people think that actually reality is worse… I’ve often felt love, obsession, desire, friendship, a kind of faith, or almost a prayer-like relationship with these men – and they’ve always been men, so it’s a heterosexual relationship – who live inside stories. With Vanishing World I was trying to create a place where it might be easier for people who find it difficult to live in this world.
