Why did I love this book?
Julia Glass could not write a bad book if she fell asleep on her keyboard.
For character-driven stories about people who feel real, there's nobody who does it better. The not-so-distant future world where this story is set is on the edge of climate apocalypse and, unfortunately, comes across as thoroughly believable.
1 author picked Vigil Harbor as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.
From the National Book Award-winning, bestselling author of Three Junes comes "an engrossing, richly drawn and exquisitely told story of small-town residents grappling with the difficulties of changing times" (People).
“Full of secrets and surprises...A must-read.”—J. Courtney Sullivan, author of Friends and Strangers
When two unexpected visitors arrive in an insular coastal village, they threaten the equilibrium of a community already confronting climate instability, political violence, and domestic upheavals.
A decade from now, in the historic town of Vigil Harbor, there is a rash of divorces among the yacht-club set, a marine biologist despairs at the state of the world,…