I was utterly entranced by this beautiful novel. Expansive, yet deeply personal, it moves seamlessly between themes of grief, love, family, and duty with an authenticity and humanness that is irresistible

JENNIE GODFREY

Both storm and siren-song, a profoundly moving debut full of calamities, heartbreaks and boundless sweeping love. Alicia Upano is the kind of talent that appears once in a generation

JUNOT DIAZ

This is the rare novel that activates all of your senses. It's a survival story, a coming-of-age story, and a love story. Each thread left me breathless - and Upano wove it all together into a novel that will stay with me for a long time

CARO CLAIRE BURKE

A tender, beautifully written story of love, loss and the weight of home

WOMAN & HOME

Alicia Upano's sensitive and deeply-felt debut explores the aftermath - personal, cultural, and environmental - of a crisis in one Hawai'i town. Both a love story and a testament to the power of community, Everything to the Sea offers a meditation on grief as well as a hopeful vision of rebuilding

CHLOE BENJAMIN

The type of story that is so necessary for humanity at this moment, brimming full of compassion, which teaches us to be gentle with ourselves in the aftermath of spectacular tragedy. I couldn't stop reading and found myself thinking about Kenji and Jane in the moments I was away from the book. Tender, gut wrenching and propulsive, Everything to the Sea is balm for the soul. It's a powerful love story and ultimately a life affirming tale of what can grow out tremendous loss - but only if we can learn to forgive ourselves

HARRIET CONSTABLE