They Drown Our Daughters, Katrina Monroe
They Drown Our Daughters, Katrina Monroe
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They Drown Our Daughters

Author: Katrina Monroe

Narrator: Mara Wilson

Unabridged: 12 hr 24 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 07/12/2022


Synopsis

If you can hear the call of the water, it's already far too late.

They say Cape Disappointment is haunted. That’s why tourists used to flock there in droves. They’d visit the rocky shoreline under the old lighthouse’s watchful eye and fish shells from the water as they pretended to spot dark shapes in the surf.

Now the tourists are long gone, and when Meredith Strand and her young daughter return to Meredith’s childhood home after an acrimonious split from her wife, the cape seems more haunted by regret than any malevolent force.

But her mother, suffering from early stages of Alzheimer’s, is convinced the ghost stories are real. Not only is there something in the water, but it’s watching them.

Waiting for them. Reaching out to Meredith’s daughter the way it has to every woman in their line for generations—and if Meredith isn’t careful, all three women, bound by blood and heartbreak, will be lost one by one to the ocean’s mournful call.

Part modern gothic, part ghost story, They Drown Our Daughters explores the depths of motherhood, identity, and the lengths a woman will go to hold on to both.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Debra

"Could a person see with their soul? Hear with their heart?" Locals say Cape Disappointment is haunted. With a name like that, how could it not be? Lighthouses aren't just stunning to look at, they serve a purpose. They are used to warn ships of dangerous shallows and rocky coasts. They light the......more

Thank you to Poisoned Pen Press for this ARC of “They Drown Our Daughters” by Katrina Monroe, out SOON on July 12th!!! 📚 ❤️ Who doesn’t love the beach and water and relaxing waves and mist and sandy toes… You might feel a little different about ALL those things after reading this gothic horror thril......more

Goodreads review by Boston

They Drown Our Daughters is a masterful take on family curses and mermaid legends. Told from the points of view of five generations of women bound to the ocean, this book reeks of salt air and dust. What I really loved about this book was the atmosphere. The author made it feel like I could feel the......more

I’m the first one to jump at a queer, haunting ocean story. but this one didn’t work for me. the pacing was borderline unbearable for me. there were so many times I almost dnf’ed this but I ultimately still wanted to know what would happen— I was disappointed in the end, anyway. without getting into......more

Haunting and atmospheric is an apt description for this one. Many books use that in their description, and they are usually off the mark, but it thoroughly fits in this case. This story is told in multiple POVs across timelines and shifts in scenes. It is easy to get confused, but if you can hammer d......more