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New York Times Editor's Choice

Newlyweds face the unimaginable in this epic tale about marriage, motherhood, and enduring love. "Surprising and pleasurably uncategorizable. Shark Heart is wild, in every sense of the word" (The New York Times Book Review).

For Lewis and Wren, their first year of marriage is also their last. A few weeks after their wedding, Lewis receives a rare diagnosis. He will retain most of his consciousness, memories, and intellect, but his physical body will gradually turn into a great white shark. As Lewis develops the features and impulses of one of the most predatory creatures in the ocean, his complicated artist's heart 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 carnivorous nature activates long-repressed memories for Wren, whose story vacillates…