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Monday, July 11, 2022

Tides

Ada Hughes worked at the docks cleaning fish and as a waitress to make ends meet.

After her mother passed away her fisherman father became despondent.

He began to drink, was unable to find work and became angry, often taking his rage out on his kids: Ada and her two brothers.

One day, after Ada took the blows from her dad meant for her brother, she visited a high school friend. He and his girlfriend offered some comfort.

After his last fit her father stormed out, got drunk and was missing. Coincidentally children were missing in Ada’s sleepy fishing village. Also two strangers appeared in town.

Ada’s friend offered to help her find her dad. They found him. He was at the beach and he was terrified. He claimed he spotted a monster from the sea.

And so it began.

Tides is a short novella but packs quite a punch. After only a few pages I felt like I knew the characters. With only a few phrases author Patricia Morais drew me into the story. I was hooked.

What started out as a story about a troubled family escalated into much more.

Ada found a strength within herself she never knew she possessed. After the horror she experienced she discovered a new purpose for her life.

I’m excited to see where her newfound destiny will take her.

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