The Floating Girls, Lo Patrick
The Floating Girls, Lo Patrick
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The Floating Girls
A Novel

Author: Lo Patrick

Narrator: Taylor Meskimen

Unabridged: 10 hr 3 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/19/2022

Synopsis

A wonderfully atmospheric coming-of-age family drama told from the perspective of a young girl as she unravels the secrets that threaten her entire familyThe backwaters of Georgia hold many buried secrets. But they won’t stay buried forever.One hot, sticky summer in Bledsoe, Georgia, twelve-year-old Kay Whitaker stumbles across a stilt house in a neighboring marsh and upon Andy Webber, a boy about her age. He and his father have recently moved back to Georgia from California, and rumors of the suspicious drowning death of Andy’s mother years earlier have chased them there and back.Kay is fascinated and enamored with Andy, and she doesn’t listen when her father tells her to stay away from the Webbers. But when Kay’s sister goes missing, the mystery of Mrs. Webber’s death—and Kay’s parents’ potential role in it—comes to light. Kay and her brothers must navigate the layers of secrets that emerge in the course of the investigation as their family, and the world as they knew it, unravels around them.At once wickedly funny and heartbreaking, The Floating Girls is an immersive coming-of-age story narrated by a feisty, smart, yet undeniably vulnerable girl reminiscent of a modern-day Scout Finch—a character who will live in listeners’ hearts for a long time to come.

About Lo Patrick

Lo Patrick is a former lawyer and current novelist living in the suburbs of Atlanta. The Floating Girls is her debut.

About Taylor Meskimen

Taylor Meskimen is an award-winning narrator who has been recording characters for audiobooks since her early teens. An accomplished actor, dancer, and improviser, she is the daughter of actor/narrator Jim Meskimen and the granddaughter of Marion Ross from Happy Days.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jennifer ~ TarHeelReader on October 17, 2022

Oh, was I ever looking forward to reading The Floating Girls. I had a feeling it would have Crawdads vibes, and it did because of the setting. If you’ve spent any time in the marshes of the south, Lo Patrick has brought them to life with every sense and so much atmosphere. Kay is twelve years old, an......more

Goodreads review by Susan's Reviews on May 25, 2023

The humidity literally wafts off the page as your read this story set in nowhere Bledsoe, Georgia according to our precocious 12 year old narrator. Kay often reminded me of young Scout in To Kill a Mockingbird. What a provoking young lady: always with some scathing remark or comeback. In fact, the en......more

Goodreads review by Karren on September 26, 2022

Kay Whitaker is twelve years old and she lives with her family in Bledsoe, Georgia. Kay is an inquisitive child, she fidgets in her impractical homemade dresses her mother makes her wear, and she runs around barefooted and has a big imagination. Kay likes to swear, use the foulest words possible, sh......more

Goodreads review by Michele on February 22, 2022

Twelve-year-old Kay Whitaker lives with her family of five in the coastal Georgia marsh. Kay's home life is not ideal; her mother is wrestling with mental illness and her sister does not speak. Kay longs to find other kids in the marsh to play with, but her father forbids it and they often go to gre......more

Goodreads review by Lauren on June 14, 2023

The Floating Girls by Lo Patrick started off really interesting and got steadily worse from there. It had nice, poetic prose with an interesting and compelling narration from our main character, 12-year-old Kay. But by the end of the novel, I was really ready to throttle someone. For a self-proclaim......more

Quotes

“A compelling mystery…Kay is the smartest, funniest, most curious young narrator I have come across in some time. Her voice stuck with me long after I finished reading.” Tiffany Quay Tyson, award-winning author

“The Floating Girls is a powerhouse of a Southern novel…This lush and mesmerizing debut has a beating heart of its own. Lo Patrick is a standout new Southern voice.” Andrea Bobotis, author of The Last List of Miss Judith Kratt

“The Floating Girls is a powerhouse of a Southern novel…This lush and mesmerizing debut has a beating heart of its own.” Andrea Bobotis, author of The Last List of Miss Judith Kratt

“Fans of Where the Crawdads Sing will love this immersive mystery set against the salty air of Georgia’s marshes. In Patrick’s atmospheric prose, the water and its characters come to life.” Lindsey Rogers Cook, author of Learning to Speak Southern

“In Patrick’s atmospheric prose, the water and its characters come to life.” Lindsey Rogers Cook, author of Learning to Speak Southern

“To read The Floating Girls is to feel a small-town slowness seep into your bones. The book’s narrator, Kay Whitaker, is a stubborn young girl you’ll never forget. A cracking story that unfolds in gorgeous prose in the stultifying heat of the American South.” Hayley Scrivenor, author of Dirt Creek

“A cracking story that unfolds in gorgeous prose in the stultifying heat of the American South.” Hayley Scrivenor, author of Dirt Creek

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