{"product_id":"what-the-shore-requires-paperback","title":"What the Shore Requires - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJ. Martin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe shore is never finished. Neither is the work of loving something well.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYears after Sera Lockwood returned to Hatteras Island, the life she once resisted has become the life she knows by heart. Beside Beckett Crowe, she has learned the rhythms of staying-the familiar mornings, the work that waits, and the quiet understanding built through years of choosing the same place and each other.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut on a barrier island, staying has never meant standing still.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen unusually high water begins reaching farther into the land, subtle changes along the shoreline become impossible to ignore. What first appears to be another measure of weather and tide gradually asks larger questions-about what can be protected, what must be allowed to change, and what responsibility belongs to those who choose to remain.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor Sera and Beckett, those questions extend beyond property and shoreline. They reach into inheritance, community, the work passed from one generation to another, and the difference between preserving something and caring for it well.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecause permanence was never the promise.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAttention was.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePresence was.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd sometimes loving a place-or a person-means accepting that neither will remain exactly as they were.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet against the shifting landscape of North Carolina's Outer Banks, \u003cstrong\u003eWhat the Shore Requires\u003c\/strong\u003e is a quiet, atmospheric novel about stewardship, legacy, mature love, and the enduring work of staying.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBook Three of The Hatteras Island Cycle.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8 x 5.25 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 01, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67923683311923,"sku":"9798995597926","price":28.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/OHrae2TCZx9798995597926.webp?v=1793825531","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/what-the-shore-requires-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}