Sea Change

Book Author Jenny Pattrick
Rights Available: World excl. NZ

A tsunami has devastated a small Kāpiti Coast community. The government mandates managed retreat — a decision manipulated by Adrian Stokes, a powerful businessman with an agenda of his own.

A resourceful and colourful collection of villagers defy the order to retreat. They persuade reclusive Lorna, blind Toddy and young, traumatised Eru to join them as their properties are key to Stokes’ plans.

It soon becomes apparent that to survive they must work together. Close bonds are formed, and problems are solved in surprising ways. Stokes tries repeatedly to uproot the determined community, but it seems he has underestimated their resilience and adaptability.

This riveting and charming story of survival by award-winning author Jenny Pattrick celebrates tenacity, self-sufficiency, and a fierce love of home, even against dire odds.

About the Author
Jenny Pattrick is an acclaimed historical novelist, whose The Denniston Rose and its sequel Heart of Coal are among New Zealand’s biggest-selling novels. In 2009 she received the New Zealand Post Mansfield Fellowship.