Man overboard! a novel

Patrick “Kick” Kilpatrick hates the ocean. Has always been terrified of it. And now he's in a real pickle. Drifting alone in the sea after falling (or jumping? He can't remember as the all-inclusive drinks on the cruise he was taking with his extended family were, well, inclusive), Kick must survive...

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Main Author: Rooney, Kathleen, 1980- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Gallery Books, 2026.
Edition:First Gallery Books hardcover edition.
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Summary:Patrick “Kick” Kilpatrick hates the ocean. Has always been terrified of it. And now he's in a real pickle. Drifting alone in the sea after falling (or jumping? He can't remember as the all-inclusive drinks on the cruise he was taking with his extended family were, well, inclusive), Kick must survive. Breath by breath, hour by hour in the lonely sea. As the waves crash over him, so too do the thoughts and memories of just how he got there. A Thanksgiving cruise with an obnoxious brother-in-law he has to bite his tongue to keep from screaming at. A father who gives the Great Santini a run for his money. And a mother who already left the family boat, so to speak, a long time ago. His family may be complicated, and the pains of life may seem unbearable -- infuriating enough to leap from the deck -- but maybe the will to survive is stronger. Man Overboard! is an inventive, slyly hilarious, and inspiring novel about what it means to be alive and stay alive, and what keeps us going no matter how choppy the waves of our journey become. Hold on for dear life!
Physical Description:198 pages ; 22 cm
ISBN:9781668212387
1668212382
Author Notes:Kathleen Rooney is the nationally bestselling author of Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk , as well as Cher Ami and Major Whittlesey and From Dust to Stardust . She has won the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize from Poetry magazine and the Adam Morgan Literary Citizen Award from the Chicago Review of Books . Kathleen's criticism can be found in The New York Times , The Minnesota Star Tribune , The Brooklyn Rail , Chicago magazine, the Los Angeles Review of Books , and beyond. She lives in Chicago with her spouse, the writer Martin Seay, and teaches English and creative writing at DePaul University.