and children and families are caught up in the inescapable tide of violence

But this year is different because after Finn’s birthday

one of the loudest voices of opposition is her own mother

who has a lower-leg amputation

Pearce Oysters: A Novel Shefali Tsabary PhD and children and families areA fractured family, a devastated community, and the disaster that brings them together. Pearce Oysters, a lush, evocative, finely drawn debut novel set on the Louisiana coastline during the historic 2010 oil spill, follows the Pearce family, local oyster farmers whose business, family, and livelihood are all on the brink of collapse. Eye opening, eco fiction at its best, Pearce Oysters highlights the grit and beauty of lives lived in an overlooked