The Starboard Sea
by Amber Dermont
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Pub Date Feb 28 2012 | Archive Date Sep 01 2012
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JASON PROSPER grew up in the elite world of Manhattan penthouses, Maine summer estates, old-boy prep schools, and exclusive sailing clubs.
A smart, athletic teenager, Jason maintains a healthy, humorous disdain for the trappings of affluence, preferring to spend afternoons sailing with Cal, his best friend and boarding-school roommate. When Cal commits suicide during their junior year at Kensington Prep, Jason is devastated by the loss and transfers to Bellingham Academy. There, he meets Aidan, a fellow student with her own troubled past. They embark on a tender, awkward, deeply emotional relationship.
When a major hurricane hits the New England coast, the destruction it causes brings with it another upheaval in Jason’s life, forcing him to make sense of a terrible secret that has been buried by the boys he considers his friends.
Set against the backdrop of the 1987 stock market collapse, The Starboard Sea is an examination of the abuses of class privilege, the mutability of sexual desire, the thrill and risk of competitive sailing, and the adult cost of teenage recklessness. It is a powerful and provocative novel about a young man finding his moral center, trying to forgive himself, and accepting the gift of love.
Advance Praise
“The Starboard Sea is a touching, beautiful and deeply wise novel, a hymn to the bittersweet glories of youth. You will be enthralled.”
—JUSTIN CRONIN, New York Times bestselling author of The Passage
“In this affecting debut novel, Amber Dermont reveals herself as a writer of striking and abundant talent, sounding the depths of her narrator through his actions, yes, but even more so through the rhythms of his mind, so that you truly feel as if you are inhabiting his life along with him.”
—KEVIN BROCKMEIER, author of The Illumination and The Brief History of the Dead
“This is the debut of an enormously gifted writer.”
—ROBERT BOSWELL, author of The Heyday of Insensitive Bastards and Century’s Son
“Dermont has an extraordinarily observant eye and an elegant voice, and she illuminates particular aspects of her world—sailing, gender, class— with intelligence and compassion. Brava for this impressive debut.” —ROXANA ROBINSON, author of Cost and Sweetwater “The Starboard Sea blends propulsive mystery, lost love, and mournful coming of age into something layered, wise, and completely riveting.” —MICHELLE WILDGEN, author ofBut Not For Long and You’re Not You "The Starboard Sea is a beautifully layered novel with an authenticity that takes the reader beyond the clichés of rich preppies and exposes a world that is vivid, compelling, and heart wrenching. With it, Amber Dermont establishes herself as an exciting new American talent.” —MARK JUDE POIRIER, author of The Worst Years of Your Life and Goats “In a series of seemingly effortless strokes, Amber Dermont's Starboard Sea has brought to life one of America's great literary outcasts. Set adrift in a storm of his own making, Dermont's Jason Prosper takes us on a journey into the darker depths of our human capabilities. Damaged and dangerous, by turns as despicable as he is lovable, Prosper's voyage is a treasure from a writer of dazzling gifts.” —HOLIDAY REINHORN, author of Big Cats "Amber Dermont illuminates the bizarre and insular world of boarding schools in her debut novel The Starboard Sea, and her young narrator, Jason Prosper, is captivating. His is a unique voice, searching and full of heart. The Starboard Sea is sharp, funny, smart, and vastly entertaining.” —VICTORIA PATTERSON, author of Drift (Story Prize Finalist) and This Vacant Paradise
Available Editions
| EDITION | Hardcover |
| ISBN | 9780312642808 |
| PRICE | $24.99 (USD) |
| PAGES | 320 |
