{"product_id":"pre-order-everything-to-the-sea-a-novel-by-alicia-upano-hardcover","title":"PRE-ORDER! Everything to the Sea: A Novel by Alicia Upano (Hardcover)","description":"\u003ch1\u003ePRE-ORDER NOW! \u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eRelease date July 14, 2026!\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart riveting love story, part coming-of-age tale,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eEverything to the Sea\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a breathtaking debut novel spanning years and shores after a sudden tsunami devastates the island of Hawai’i and cuts short a young couple’s budding romance—a deeply moving testament to the catastrophes love can endure.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis is how the story goes: Jane will fall in love. And then all of this will vanish.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHome for one final summer, Jane is working and saving cash for her senior year of college before she leaves her island town behind forever. At first, she doesn’t remember Kenji, but he quickly becomes someone she can’t forget: square jaw, a dimple in his cheek. A Hilo boy. To Kenji, she’s Janie, nose perpetually buried in her old high school sketchbooks. Jane tells herself it’s only a fling—one perfect, carefree summer, on her way to achieving her dream of becoming an architect and moving to the continent.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThen a tsunami sweeps their families out to sea, and their all-consuming affair breaks with the weight of grief, pulling them in opposite directions. Kenji remains in Hawai’i, bound by duty to rebuild their hometown. Jane, shattered by the loss, follows her best friend to California. For seven years, an ocean lies between them, until Jane and Kenji meet on another coast . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn prose that sparkles like sun on the water, Upano’s debut novel tells the unforgettable story of two young people as they come of age, fall in love, forge new families, and try to find their way back together, again and again.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eEverything to the Sea\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a moving portrait of our ability to overcome even the most devastating tragedies, when everything else is washed away.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAlicia Upano\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e was born and raised in Hawai'i. She is the recipient of the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ePoets \u0026amp; Writers\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Maureen Egen Writers Exchange Award Hawai'i, the James Jones First Novel Fellowship, and a Bread Loaf-Rona Jaffe Scholarship. Her short fiction has appeared in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Massachusetts Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Southern Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Best Peace Fiction: A Social Justice Anthology\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and more. After years in Asia and both U.S. continental coasts, she now resides on O'ahu with her family. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eEverything to the Sea\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is her debut novel.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardcover, 320\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003epages\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"biblioTwoItemContainer___QeMy0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"dotDot\"\u003e9 in H | 6 in W | 1 in T | 1 lb Wt\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51918988542084,"sku":null,"price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0378\/1161\/7924\/files\/9780063437937_26531.jpg?v=1780533123","url":"https:\/\/basically-books-co.myshopify.com\/products\/pre-order-everything-to-the-sea-a-novel-by-alicia-upano-hardcover","provider":"Basically Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}