Marrow

“Shea debuts with a spellbinding tale of magic and motherhood centered on 30-something hopeful mother Oona… it has plenty to say about what it means to be a mother and it delivers a shocking twist. This potent concoction gets the job done.” —Publishers Weekly“Marrow is a novel with its own weather, an entrancing and eerie tale of longing, regret, and secrets, with a revelation that continues to haunt me.” —Megha Majumdar, New York Times bestselling author of A Burning“A probable future mingles with shadows of the past in this tour de force debut by Samantha Browning Shea. Marrow has it all: A breathtaking setting, family secrets, Earth magic, desire. Prepare to be spellbound.” —Sarah Addison Allen, New York Times bestselling author of Other Birds“This haunting novel swims in the deep, murky water of motherhood, friendship, circles of care and the shadows that hover beneath and between the most hopeful of projects. Life is never only a miracle—it is also heartbreak, despair and betrayal. Marrow is rich and complicated and very, very real.” —Ramona Ausubel, bestselling author of The Last Animal“An absorbing, atmospheric, rich, feminist and witchy novel—what more could we ask for? I became completely entangled in the saltmarsh of the island of Marrow and all the secrets, fierce hope, and desperation that the island holds. Samantha Shea has created magic here.” —Annie Hartnett, author of The Road to Tender Hearts“Samantha Browning Shea has given us a dark and delicious tale of mystery and witchcraft. Suspenseful and emotionally charged, Marrow is woven through with guilt and secrets, herbs and incantations, and—most powerfully—all the magic of coming into one’s own power.” —Clare Beams, author of The Garden “Startling and propulsive, Marrow is a riptide. Samantha Browning Shea’s debut novel finely walks the line that great fiction can; I was transported to its weathered world and came away more attuned to my own. Inquisitive, profound, and feminist, MARROW is a fevered mystery, posing questions that will expand and linger with readers long after the story is over.” —T Kira Madden, author of Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls

Samantha Browning Shea is an author and the vice president of Georges Borchardt, Inc. literary agency. A graduate of Colgate University, Samantha lives in Connecticut with her husband and their two daughters. Marrow is her debut novel.