{"product_id":"the-wild-beneath-original","title":"The Wild Beneath (Original)","description":"\n\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Anderson's lyrical and ethereal first novel connects readers to the mystery and vitality of the natural world and our relationship to it. A perfect match for readers of Charlotte McConaghy, Richard Powers, and Shelby van Pelt.\" \n\u003cstrong\u003e--\u003cem\u003eBooklist (starred review)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\"Anderson's book is ethereal, languid, crafted of language that rushes and recedes like a tide, buoying a story that reminds us sometimes the impossible is possible.\" \n\u003cstrong\u003e--Jodi Picoult, #1 \u003cem\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/em\u003ebestselling author\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\" \n\u003cstrong\u003eA haunting, heart-stopping debut\u003c\/strong\u003e. \n\u003cem\u003eThe Wild Beneath\u003c\/em\u003e is both a love story and a myth, a \n\u003cstrong\u003e suspenseful\u003c\/strong\u003e tale steeped in the rhythms of the ocean and the mysteries of human connection. This novel, both \n\u003cstrong\u003eintimate and epic\u003c\/strong\u003e, reveals how deeply our lives are entwined with the natural world.\"-- \n\u003cstrong\u003eChristina Baker Kline, #1 \u003cem\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/em\u003ebestselling author \u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\" \n\u003cstrong\u003eAn incandescent debut\u003c\/strong\u003e. Kelly Anderson pares the world down to its essentials and reminds us of the beauty and mystery of being alive... \n\u003cstrong\u003eI did not want to come up for air\u003c\/strong\u003e.\"-- \n\u003cstrong\u003eEmma Knight, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/em\u003ebestselling author of \u003cem\u003eThe Life Cycle of the Common Octopus\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\"In \n\u003cem\u003eThe Wild Beneath\u003c\/em\u003e, debut author Kelly Anderson elegantly blurs the line between nature and humanity, illuminating the deep, unseen currents that connect us--to each other and to the natural world. \n\u003cstrong\u003eReaders won't so much read this novel as feel it.\u003c\/strong\u003e I'll never look at the ocean the same way again. \n\u003cstrong\u003eAbsolutely dazzling\u003c\/strong\u003e.\"-- \n\u003cstrong\u003eSarah Penner, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/em\u003ebestselling author of \u003cem\u003eThe Lost Apothecary \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eThe Amalfi Curse\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\"An \n\u003cstrong\u003eentrancing, magical\u003c\/strong\u003e novel that highlights the beauty of the natural world and our fragile place within it. \n\u003cstrong\u003eSpellbinding!\u003c\/strong\u003e\"-- \n\u003cstrong\u003eNita Prose, #1 \u003cem\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/em\u003ebestselling author of \u003cem\u003eThe Maid \u003c\/em\u003eseries\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cem\u003e\"The Wild Beneath \u003c\/em\u003eis part love story, part ode to nature, with a mystical, musical, mysterious quality that carries readers along like a gentle wave.\"-- \n\u003cstrong\u003eNikki Erlick, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/em\u003ebestselling author of \u003cem\u003eThe Measure \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eThe Poppy Fields\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\" \n\u003cstrong\u003eThis is the book I hope for every time I open a new cover\u003c\/strong\u003e. Immersive, lyrical, deeply and magically real, \n\u003cem\u003eThe Wild Beneath\u003c\/em\u003e reminds us how thin and beautiful the line is between the natural and human worlds. \n\u003cstrong\u003eFans of Charlotte McConaghy and Eowyn Ivey will find a new favorite in Kelly Anderson\u003c\/strong\u003e.\"-- \n\u003cstrong\u003eErica Bauermeister, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eThe Scent Keeper\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\"Anderson has given us an \n\u003cstrong\u003eachingly lovely\u003c\/strong\u003e book about the melodic pull of the natural world and the steep cost of pretending we don't hear its song. \n\u003cem\u003eThe Wild Beneath\u003c\/em\u003e is \n\u003cstrong\u003ea sublime debut\u003c\/strong\u003e.\"-- \n\u003cstrong\u003eLily Brooks-Dalton, national bestselling author of \u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Light Pirate\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\" \n\u003cstrong\u003eDrop everything and read \u003cem\u003eThe Wild Beneath\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e, Kelly Anderson's \n\u003cstrong\u003eastonishing\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003edebut\u003c\/strong\u003e. Her \n\u003cstrong\u003eluminous\u003c\/strong\u003e prose reveals the world that exists beneath our own, from the depths of the ocean to the wild terrain of the human heart. \n\u003cstrong\u003eI was transported\u003c\/strong\u003e.\" -- \n\u003cstrong\u003eDaisy Alpert Florin, author of \u003cem\u003eMy Last Innocent Year\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\"In lush, lyrical prose, Anderson weaves a spellbinding tale of singular Annie--her loves, her losses, her profound connection to the sea. \n\u003cstrong\u003eRichly imagined and unlike anything you've read\u003c\/strong\u003e, \n\u003cem\u003eThe Wild Beneath\u003c\/em\u003e is at once a beautifully rendered tribute to the natural world, a layered love story, and \n\u003cstrong\u003ea deft reminder of the elemental bonds that tie us to each other and to the wild at the fringes of our urban lives.\u003c\/strong\u003e\"-- \n\u003cstrong\u003eCathy Marie Buchanan, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\" \n\u003cem\u003eThe Wild Beneath\u003c\/em\u003e is \n\u003cstrong\u003ea song of a book, haunting and beautiful and strange, rich and lingering\u003c\/strong\u003e. It drew me in like the pull of the sea.\" \n\u003cstrong\u003e--Emma Hooper, internationally bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eEtta and Otto and Russell and James\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\"Kelly Anderson's writing is \n\u003cstrong\u003e sensual, poetic, and alive.\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eThe Wild Beneath \u003c\/em\u003eis a modern mythic romance, an elemental love triangle, and an ode to earth and water. \n\u003cstrong\u003eI read this book with whole-hearted, full-bodied pleasure\u003c\/strong\u003e.\"-- \n\u003cstrong\u003eSarah Selecky, Giller Finalist and author of \u003cem\u003eRadiant Shimmering Light\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\"Ethereal...a story that reminds us sometimes the impossible is possible.\"--JODI PICOULT\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\"A haunting, heart-stopping debut.\"--CHRISTINA BAKER KLINE\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\"Part love story, part ode to nature, with a mystical, musical, mysterious quality.\"--NIKKI ERLICK\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFor readers of \u003cem\u003eWild Dark Shore\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Time Traveler's Wife\u003c\/em\u003e, a fierce, haunting story of one woman caught between her first love and a mysterious stranger who upends everything--and the two worlds that won't let her go.\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eAnnie MacLeod always knew she was different, growing up on a sailboat in the Pacific Northwest, navigating by stars and swimming with sea creatures alongside her parents and best friend Evan. 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