What the Ocean Remembers: A Novel

Daniel lives life drifting apart from everything and everyone he has ever known when he meets the mysterious, beautiful Nora Marr. Haunted by memories of happiness and grief, Daniel is satisfied with drifting along Nora’s path – unaware that he is entering a world of dangerous, incredible opportunities...
Until Nora slips abruptly through his fingers.
Daniel’s past and present intertwine and unravel as he is swept into a surreal journey, following Nora into a stormy ocean of loss, longing, and reconciliation. From the golden beaches of the Mediterranean to the violent currents of the Bolivian civil war, Daniel discovers just how far he will go for a chance at redemption, together with a macabre cast of companions, including a dead body, a butterfly farmer, and a traveling butcher.
With a beautifully written, sophisticated story and complex, genuine characters, What the Ocean Remembers is a fantastically human novel about the power — and repercussions — of nostalgia. With his signature raw and exposed style, Ron Leshem shows us how, like the ocean currents, we cannot escape the past through struggle – but through acceptance.