A Long Petal of the Sea Literary Fiction Janet Collins wanted to be

Janet Collins wanted to be a ballerina in the 1930s and 40s

starting college at fifteen

Alicia shares her quest for truth—about herself

breakneck plotting—and a uniquely gritty portrait of Southern life

when she discovered her parents named her Austin to deceive future employers into thinking she was a white man

A Long Petal of the Sea Literary Fiction Janet Collins wanted to beFrom the New York Times bestselling author of The House of the Spirits comes an epic novel spanning decades and crossing continents, following two young people as they flee the aftermath of the Spanish Civil War in search of a new place to call home. In the late 1930s, civil war gripped Spain. When General Franco and his Fascists succeed in overthrowing the government, hundreds of thousands are forced to flee in a treacherous journey over the