What the Sea Wants is set in a mysterious and isolated corner of coastal Maine and tells the haunting tale of Victoria, a young woman who has a strange relationship with the sea. She is a painter, and one day, while on the beach sketching the passing seagulls, something happens that forever changes her. The lyrical style of the writing and simple gracefulness of the illustrations allow Victoria’s dark and passionate story to play out in a world where the ocean is as living and breathing a thing as any human.… (more)