The release date for the English version of 'Manhattan Beach' by
Jennifer Egan is Oct 2017. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
About twelve-year-old Anna Kerrigan goes to see her father, Dexter Styles, whom she surmises is essential to her father's and her family's survival. The water outside the home and the intense mystery between the two men captivate her.
Her father vanished years later, and the nation is embroiled in conflict. At the Brooklyn Naval Yard, where Anna works, women are permitted to take on positions formerly held by men—men who are now serving overseas. She repairs the ships that would aid America in winning the war, becoming the first woman to work as a diver, the most hazardous and restricted job. When she runs across Dexter Styles again at a nightclub one evening, she starts to comprehend the complexities of her father's life and the possible causes of his disappearance.
Egan's debut historical book takes Anna and Styles into a world filled by criminals, sailors, divers, bankers, and union workers with the feel of a noir thriller. Manhattan Beach explores a pivotal period in the lives and identities of men and women, in America and throughout the globe, in a way that is skillful, brilliant, and compelling.