Book Review: Tidal Flats
Recently I read a fantastic debut book Tidal Flats by author Cynthia Newberry Martin, and I really liked this book. It won the Gold Medal in Literary Fiction at the 2020 Independent Publisher Book Awards, as well as the 14th Annual National Indie Excellence Award for Fiction.
I wasn’t sure if the focus on marriage would interest me that much, but I was pleasantly surprised that it was very enjoyable. I wanted to read it because its author is a blog friend, and I have been following her Catching Days, How We Spend Our Days, and 365 True Things series and her new Cynthia Newberry Martin web site for quite a while.
It was very easy reading, with a nice pace and flow through the chapters. I found myself getting into the characters of Cass and Ethan, their world, and situation. Following this story of their marriage touches on their agreement, love, loneliness, freedom, and forgiveness.
She provided great background about her friends and the elderly residents (The Fates) at Howell House where she worked, as well as Ethan’s experiences as a photo journalist in Afghanistan.
I kept wanting to find out what happens next, and it kept my attention. I completed it fairly quickly, in spite of other distractions recently, unlike some other books where I had gotten stuck on for a long time before getting through them.
She has a wonderful skill with words, her writing was well crafted, and descriptions conveyed visual images, emotions, and feelings.
This is a fantastic debut book, and I look forward to more books by this talented author.
Photo credit: Tidal Flats – book cover @ Amazon.