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Pearce Oysters

A Novel

by Joselyn Takacs

Narrator Xavier Casals

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Length 12 hours 4 minutes

Language English

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“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.

After the sudden death of his father, Jordan Pearce reluctantly takes over the family’s generations-old oyster-farming business on Louisiana’s Gulf Coast. He’s still adjusting to the new role when the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explodes offshore, triggering one of the worst environmental disasters in history and throwing his hardscrabble coastal town into crisis.

While looking after his distressed mother, Jordan struggles to keep the company afloat and is forced to seek help from his estranged brother, Benny, a beatnik musician living in New Orleans. In the face of impending tragedy, this small community searches for a way forward, just as the fractured Pearce family, finally reunited under one roof, must find the hope and courage to save their legacy.

“The complex characters and the lovingly described Louisiana setting bring this eco-tragedy sympathetically to life. Recommended to readers of issue-oriented fiction such as Charlotte McConaghy’s Migrations and Barbara Kingsolver’s Demon Copperhead.”
—Booklist

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