"For Lewis and Wren\, their first year of marriage is also their last. A few weeks after their wedding\, Lewis recei ves a rare diagnosis. He will retain most of his consciousness\, memories\ , and intellect\, but his physical body will gradually turn into a great w hite \;shark. As Lewis develops the features and impulses of one of th e most predatory creatures in the ocean\, his complicated artist's \;h eart \;struggles to make peace with his unfulfilled dreams. At first\, Wren internally resists her husband's fate. Is there a way for them to be together after Lewis changes? Then\, a glimpse of Lewis's developing carn ivorous nature activates long-repressed memories for Wren\, whose story va cillates between her childhood living on a houseboat in Oklahoma\, her tim e with a college ex-girlfriend\, and her unusual friendship with a woman p regnant with twin birds. Woven throughout this bold novel is the story of Wren's mother\, Angela\, who becomes pregnant with Wren at fifteen in an a busive relationship amidst her parents' crumbling marriage. In the present \, all of Wren's grief eventually collides\, and she is forced to make an impossible choice"-- Provided by publisher.
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