Shark Heart

When a friend said Shark Heart was one of the most profound reading experiences of her life, I almost didn't believe her. After all, the absurd premise is that a woman's husband turns into a shark. How profound could it be?

Well, buckle up. Because this is a story about loving and losing someone as they change, whether that's because of disease, addiction, or in this instance, a rare marine mutation, and it resonated with me on many levels.

Not strictly a book about talking animals, in that the animal that talks is actually a human when the story begins. Lewis and Wren are going about their unassuming married life when Lewis is told by a doctor that he has one year until he turns into a great white shark.

A wacky premise that delivers so much more than expected, this beautiful, tender fable about love and mortality is packed with lovesick ocean creatures and mothers masquerading as Komodo dragons.