DescriptionThe Lucky Ones is a coming-of-age novel set in the near future, when the seas have risen and hurricanes are no longer limited to a season.
No one goes to Gull Island anymore. Wealthy summer people have abandoned this once bustling Jersey Shore town, and only the most stubborn long-time residents have refused to leave this shrinking island.
Tallie Koilor-Kitterman’s parents refused to leave, and Tallie grew up knowing that her town was drowning. Now nineteen-years-old, Tallie was thrilled to escape to college in Manhattan, where frivolity and leisure are still possible. But as another hurricane bears down on the coast, Tallie returns to her family on Gull Island. Tallie finds much of the island under the control of a reclusive wealth manager, who flouts the state-wide prohibition on surfing and seems strangely eager for the flood.
The hurricane strands Tallie’s family on Gull Island. As they wade through the ruins of their island, they begin to suspect they are not alone. Those who remain must begin again, learn to survive together, and find beauty in what remains.