Sea Change

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Longlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize 'Absolutely stunning . . . Full of longing, mystery, fear and hope. I loved this book to pieces!' - Frances Cha, author of If I Had Your Face Aquarium worker Ro's life is imploding: 1. Her boyfriend is on a one-way mission to Mars 2. Her best friend is ignoring her existence 3. Dolores (the giant Pacific octopus) is going to be sold As storms rage around her, can Ro get back on course 'Chung's writing is masterful, and Sea Change is glorious' - Bryan Washington, author of Family Meal and Memorial 'Chung has proven she is a true original' - Jean Kyoung Frazier, author of Pizza Girl

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Absolutely stunning ... Full of longing, mystery, fear and hope. I loved this book to pieces! -- Frances Cha, author of If I Had Your Face
Chungs writing is masterful, and Sea Change is glorious -- Bryan Washington, author of Memorial and Lot
There are no limits to what Chung can do. Her prose is so immersively beautiful that at times I felt swept away in a wave, admiring from underwater, her scintillating refractions of light. -- Weike Wang, author of Chemistry
Sea Change tugged at my heart and refused to let go. With tenderness and perceptiveness, Chung deftly navigates family, loss, friendship and the intricacies of love, especially for ourselves -- Elaine Hsieh Chou, author of Disorientation
A wild blessing of a debut. Gina Chungs curiosity, precision and grace have created a world both strange and recognizable, the kind of place you can find a version of yourself you did not know existed, and call her home. -- Mira Jacob, author of Good Talk
With her debut, Chung has proven she is a true original, the rare kind of writer who can be simultaneously witty and deeply sensitive, confident and devastatingly vulnerable. -- Jean Kyoung Frazier, author of Pizza Girl

Author Bio

Gina Chung is a Korean American writer from New Jersey currently living in Brooklyn, New York. She is a 2021-2022 Center for Fiction/Susan Kamil Emerging Writer Fellow and holds an MFA in fiction from The New School. Her work appears or is forthcoming in The Kenyon Review, Catapult, Gulf Coast, Indiana Review and Idaho Review among others. She is also the author of the story collection Green Frog. Sea Change is her first novel.