What The Sea Remembers

What the Sea Remembers is a tender, slow-burning summer romance set in the golden light of Le Lavandou, France, in July 1985. Sixteen-year-old Milo Alessandro, a quiet, sensitive boy burdened by expectation and filled with longing, spends his days writing with his mother, wandering the hills, and dreaming of a life that feels just out of reach.

When Carter Harrison, a 21-year-old American violinist and his father's old friend, arrives to stay the summer, Milo's world begins to shift. Carter is enigmatic, calm, and older in ways Milo doesn't yet understand. Assigned to be Milo's violin mentor, Carter's presence begins to unravel things Milo thought he knew about music, desire, and himself.

Told from Milo's intimate perspective, What the Sea Remembers captures the ache of first love, the tension of forbidden connection, and the way a single summer can echo long after it's gone. Haunting and lyrical, it explores the impermanence of youth, identity, and the quiet power of remembering.