Immerse yourself in a work of magical realism that moves between real time where lives are buffeted by political conflict, tragedy and loss, and another mysterious time where pain is healed, and love is eternal.
Itâs 1973 and Amy, an American ex-pat, is living as an illegal immigrant in Toronto where sheâs fled to escape the scandal surrounding her twin sisterâs death by drowning. Joanieâs been gone two years, but Amy still hears her cries for help. Romance would jeopardize the secrets Amy has to keep, but when she meets Arcus, a graduate student working to restore democracy in Greece, she falls hard. Arcus doesnât know about Amyâs past, and she doesnât know Arcus has secrets of his own, including the shady history of an ancient relic he uses as a paperweight.
In 1993 Toronto, Jacob Kanter, a retired archaeologist, is mourning his dear wife and grappling with his sonâs plans to move him to a nursing home. Despite double vision, tremors,
and cognitive impairment, he remembers sailing as a youth and sets out toward the lake where he boards a ferry boat embarking on its maiden voyage. He expects a short harbor cruise, but the Aqua Meridian is larger than it looks, and time is slippery on the water. When he hears a drowning woman call for help his story merges with Amyâs, and they discover they have unexpected gifts for one another.