Shark Heart: A love story

Emily Habeck

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An emotional exploration of motherhood, marriage, transformation, and letting go, Shark Heart is an unforgettable love story that examines what it truly means to be human.

For Lewis and Wren, their first year of marriage is also their last.

A few weeks after their wedding, Lewis receives a rare diagnosis. He's turning into a great white shark, and has less than a year left to live as a human. At first, Wren resists her husband's fate. Is there a way for them to be together after Lewis fully transforms?

But as Lewis changes, day by day, Wren begins to make peace with the inevitable. After all, this isn't the first time she's lost a loved one.

An extraordinary novel of love, loss, hope and happiness, Shark Heart explores the shapes that love takes, in all its many forms, and asks us to ask ourselves: what makes us human?

'Compelling, moving, lyrical' - Claire North, author of Ithaca and The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August

Review

A beautifully written, heart-wringing story about love and change, about moving forward-as a shark always must -and what is lost and what is gained as we do so. Habeck has an extraordinary command of her writerly instrument, crafting sentence after sentence that feel effortless and yet are eloquent and penetrating and superb. This is the highlight of my reading-year ― Adam Roberts, author of Stone

A stunning debut which grabs you with its unique style, holds you within its vulnerability and leaves you with a bittersweet aching. This is not just a story of love, it's a story of goodbyes . . . Habeck delivers an innovative and inspirational story that emotionally captures its readers until the end ― Nils Shukla, Fantasy Hive

I loved Shark Heart with my whole heart. It's laugh-out-loud funny, yet cry-your-eyes-out profound. I don't use this word often, but it's genuinely a masterpiece. ― Bobby Palmer, author of Isaac and the Egg

Beautifully written in short, sharp chapters, this is a quirky, brilliant and powerful love story ― The Times

Shark Heart is very much a novel rooted in everyday concerns such as love, loss and grief, with Lewis's animal transformation a metaphor for all sorts of necessary life changes ― Daily Mail

Habek's writing displays a deft blend of humour, lyricism, and unfiltered emotion, creating an unforgettable story that delves into the profound questions that life presents, especially in the midst of grief ― SciFi Now

This quirky and experimental story about life and love is unlike anything you've ever read before ― Best

Habek's debut marks the arrival of a fresh and talented writer, teaching us to embrace the impossible, seize fleeting moments of joy, and find solace in the embrace of life's unpredictable journey ― SciFi Now

An extraordinary tale...This year's most beguilingly strange love story' ― The Times

Despite the magical realism, at its core, Shark Heart is a book about loss and inevitable change in life. It will make you cry, but also leave you feeling hopeful as it explores the joy found after grief ― Independent

This is one of the best things I've read in years... I just want everyone in the world to read it -- Bobby Palmer, author of ISAAC AND THE EGG

Absorbing and affecting ― Guardian

A stunningly-written, multi-layered, unique novel ― The Debut Digest

A beautifully written, heart-wringing story about love and change, about moving forward-as a shark always must -and what is lost and what gained as we do so. Habeck has an extraordinary command of her writerly instrument, crafting sentence after sentence that feel effortless and yet are eloquent and penetrating and superb. This is the highlight of my reading-year ― Adam Roberts, author of Stone

A stunning debut which grabs you with its unique style, holds you within its vulnerability and leaves you with a bittersweet aching. This is not just a story of love, it's a story of goodbyes . . . Habeck delivers an innovative and inspirational story that emotionally captures its readers until the end ― Nils Shukla, Fantasy Hive

About the Author

Emily Habeck is an alumna of SMU's Meadows School of the Arts, where she received a BFA in theatre, as well as Vanderbilt Divinity School and Vanderbilt's Peabody College. She is from Ardmore, Oklahoma. Shark Heart is her first novel.