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For readers of The Night Circus and Station Eleven, a lyrical and absorbing debut set in a world covered by water. As a Gracekeeper, Callanish administers shoreside burials, laying the dead to their final resting place deep in the depths of the ocean. Alone on her island, she has exiled herself to a life of tending watery graves as penance for a long-ago mistake that still haunts her. Meanwhile, North works as a circus performer with the Excalibur, a floating troupe of acrobats, clowns, dancers, and trainers who sail from one archipelago to the next, entertaining in exchange for sustenance.. In a world divided between those inhabiting the mainland ("landlockers") and those who float on the sea ("damplings") , loneliness has become a way of life for North and Callanish, until a sudden storm offshore brings change to both their lives--offering them a new understanding of the world they live in and the consequences of the past, while restoring hope in an unexpected future. . Inspired in part by Scottish myths and fairytales, The Gracekeepers tells a modern story of an irreparably changed world: one that harbors the same isolation and sadness, but also joys and marvels of our own age.. - Finalist, Lambda Literary Award
About the Author
Kirsty Logan is the author of two novels (The Gloaming, The Gracekeepers) , three short story collections (Things We Say in the Dark, A Portable Shelter, The Rental Heart) , a flash fiction chapbook (The Psychology of Animals Swallowed Alive) , and a short memoir (The Old Asylum in the Woods at the Edge of the Town Where I Grew Up) . Her books have won the Lambda Literary Award, Polari Prize, Saboteur Award, Scott Prize and Gavin Wallace Fellowship. Her work has been adapted for stage, recorded for radio and podcasts, exhibited in galleries and distributed from a vintage Wurlitzer cigarette machine.She lives in Glasgow with her wife and their rescue dog.
