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Now Reading: Sea Change
Author: Jeremy Page
What Did You Think of Sea Change?

What Does Your Pen Reveal?

12/16/11 2:27pm by sassymonkey
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There is a very brief moment in Jeremy Page's Sea Change that I unabashed love. I'd like to think that most writers would feel the same way, that they'd see themselves in that same place. Guy sits down to write and examines his pen, thinking of all the places it's taken him and wonders where it will take him next.  Read more >

You Don't Have To Be Alone

12/13/11 7:58pm by sassymonkey
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In Jeremy Page's Sea Change, Guy decides that after the death of his daughter it's just going to be him. Yes, he and Judy try for awhile but they don't make it. Guy retreats to the seclusion of his boat and his journal.  Read more >

Do You Choose Happiness?

12/8/11 12:50pm by sassymonkey
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It is entirely possible that Guy, the main character in Jeremy Page's Sea Change, simply does not know how to be happy. In the opening pages it seems we catch glimpses of it but as the story goes on it seems that happiness is not something Guy is willing to fight for.  Read more >

How Do You Move On When You Feel Stuck?

12/1/11 2:57pm by sassymonkey
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In Jeremy Page's Sea Change Guy is stuck. He knows that he ought to move on with his life following accident that killed his daughter. He knows that life should continue. He writes of another life every day in his journal, a life in which they are all together -- if not happy. At times the Guy in the journal is far more insightful than the real Guy.  Read more >

Running Away From Life

11/25/11 12:34pm by sassymonkey
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When the going gets tough, the tough get going. Or maybe they get hiding. After reading about the death of Guy's daughter in the opening chapter of Jeremy Page's Sea Change I understood Guy's need to run away. Guy is unusual in that he creates not only a new life for himself, but a new second life in his journals where his daughter is still alive.  Read more >

The Small Moments That Stick With Us

11/16/11 9:06am by sassymonkey
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In the opening pages of Jeremy Page's Sea Change, Guy is having a moment with his young daughter. He is showing her a small thing -- a drop of water on a leaf that catches the light and shimmers. To the four-year-old it's like magic, as are so many things that we adults take for granted, and Guy tells himself that this is a moment he'll remember always.  Read more >