Manhattan Beach

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Named One of the Best Books of the Year by NPR, Esquire, Vogue, The Washington Post, The Guardian and USA TODAY • A New York Times Notable Book Anna Kerrigan accompanies her father to visit Dexter Styles, a man who she gleans is crucial to the survival of her family. She is mesmerized by the ocean beyond the house and by some charged mystery between the two men. Years later, her father has disappeared and the country is at war. Anna works at the Brooklyn Naval Yard where women are allowed to hold jobs that once belonged to men—now soldiers abroad. She becomes the first female diver, the most dangerous and exclusive occupation, repairing ships that will help America win the war.