In Her Wake

Préface

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Auteur




Lezli Robyn is an Australian-born author.
She has been writing science fiction and fantasy for several years and has sold
shorter-length fiction to over a dozen countries, including highly sought after
professional markets like Asimov’s and Analog.








Her work has been recognized with several awards and
nominations, including the Aurealis Award finalist for Best SF Story, a
finalist for the Spanish Premio Ignotus Award for Best Foreign Short Story, and
a finalist for the prestigious Astounding Award for Best New Writer. She has
also won the Catalan Premi Ictineu Award for Best Translated Story twice . She
was also a finalist for the Hugo Campbell Award.







Her work is characterized by extremely detailed and nuanced
characters and her uncanny ability to make the reader become a part of the
narrative by associating with the creatures inhabiting her worlds.







Lezli grew up near the ocean and has always loved being in
the water. She is also legally blind. In Her Wake is a highly
personal narrative borrowing elements of the struggle she has had to face in
her life.







Texte du rabat

Neri is an abandoned child born during Hurricane Gaston’s landing in South Carolina. She has never known her biological parents and is adopted as an infant by a loving couple also have another infant girl, Nelle, born at the same time, her non-biological ‘twin.’

Unlike Nelle though, the water calls to Neri, incessantly, and this yearning often becomes a teasing point for her twinling.

After a near-drowning and rescue by a mysterious lifeguard named Iluka, something awakens in Neri that will explain her yearning for the sea and reveal long-hidden secrets submerged in her past that will not only change her perception of herself but how she views the entire world.

This is a journey of self-discovery and the search for one’s true identity and a highly personal one from an author who has herself struggled with many of the challenges that Neri faces and a must-read for anyone looking for an inspiring story that will leave them feeling uplifted.

Résumé

Neri is an abandoned child born during Hurricane Gaston’s landing in South Carolina. She has never known her biological parents and is adopted as an infant by a loving couple also have another infant girl, Nelle, born at the same time, her non-biological ‘twin.’

Unlike Nelle though, the water calls to Neri, incessantly, and this yearning often becomes a teasing point for her twinling.

After a near-drowning and rescue by a mysterious lifeguard named Iluka, something awakens in Neri that will explain her yearning for the sea and reveal long-hidden secrets submerged in her past that will not only change her perception of herself but how she views the entire world.

This is a journey of self-discovery and the search for one’s true identity and a highly personal one from an author who has herself struggled with many of the challenges that Neri faces and a must-read for anyone looking for an inspiring story that will leave them feeling uplifted.