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Start giftingPearce Oysters
A Novel
Narrator
Xavier Casals
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Length
12 hours 4 minutes
Language
English
Bookseller recommendation
“I'll admit eco-fiction is typically not my go to genre, but I quickly became invested in the Pearce Family. It was fascinating to watch as this once tight knit family dissolved under unexpected stress. But as things in nature evolve under extreme pressure, so did the Pearce Family. Joselyn's research and journalism shines throughout the entire story, making the story feel as if the Pearce Family actually lived during the 2010 oil spill. Be warned: Reading this might spur a deep dive into oil industry history and its impacts not only worldwide, but more specifically small town communities.”
— Jenny • E. Shaver, bookseller
Summary
A fractured family, a devastated community, and the disaster that brings them together.
Pearce Oysters, a lush, evocative, finely-drawn debut novel set on the Louisiana coastline during the historic 2010 oil spill, follows the Pearce family, local oyster farmers whose business, family, and livelihood are all on the brink of collapse.
Eye-opening, eco-fiction at its best, Pearce Oysters highlights the grit and beauty of lives lived in an overlooked corner of the American South and the interdependence of nature and man. Diving deep into the bonds of family, culture, community, class, and industry, blazing new talent Joselyn Takacs elevates the voices of her deeply sympathetic characters: Jordan, the reluctant head of his family’s storied oyster business; May, his distressed, widowed mother who has her own unexpected drama; and Benny, the beatnik musician brother, who returns from New Orleans to help with the crisis.
Inspired by years of her own research, Takacs’s debut novel sparkles as it shines a light on murky waters, old wounds, the power of a family clinging to survival, and their inspiring path forward.