I was utterly entranced by this beautiful novel. Expansive, yet deeply personal, it moves seamlessly between themes of grief, love, family, and duty with an authenticity and humanness that is irresistible

JENNIE GODFREY

The gorgeous debut by Upano throws Jane - who is home on the island of Hilo, Hawaii, for one last summer before becoming an architect - together with Kenji, who remembers her from high school. The intoxication of unexpected first love is cut brutally short by a tsunami that destroys much of the island and forces hard decisions

IRISH INDEPENDENT

Both storm and siren-song, a profoundly moving debut full of calamities, heartbreaks and boundless sweeping love. Alicia Upano is the kind of talent that appears once in a generation

JUNOT DIAZ

This is the rare novel that activates all of your senses. It's a survival story, a coming-of-age story, and a love story. Each thread left me breathless - and Upano wove it all together into a novel that will stay with me for a long time

CARO CLAIRE BURKE

A tender, beautifully written story of love, loss and the weight of home

WOMAN & HOME

Alicia Upano's sensitive and deeply-felt debut explores the aftermath - personal, cultural, and environmental - of a crisis in one Hawai'i town. Both a love story and a testament to the power of community, Everything to the Sea offers a meditation on grief as well as a hopeful vision of rebuilding

CHLOE BENJAMIN