Russell insists on finding Etta, wherever she's gone. Meanwhile, their neighbor Russell has spent his whole life trying to keep up with Otto and loving Etta from afar. But with Etta gone, the memories come crowding in and Otto struggles to keep them at bay. Otto has seen the ocean, having crossed the Atlantic years ago to fight in a far-away war. "I will try to remember to come back," Etta writes to her husband. Otto wakes to a note left on the kitchen table. As Etta walks further toward the crashing waves, the lines among memory, illusion, and reality blur. So early one morning she takes a rifle, some chocolate, and her best boots and begins walking the 3,232 kilometers from rural Saskatchewan, Canada eastward to the sea. This "poetic, poignant" ( US Weekly) debut features last great adventures, unlikely heroes, and a "sweet, disarming story of lasting love" ( The New York Times Book Review).Įighty-three-year-old Etta has never seen the ocean.
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