04029cam a2200877 4500 2456677624 TxAuBib 20250723120000.0 ||||||s2025||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781668078693 1668078694 B0DHV452QF Amazon f4dfbb10-4dde-4d54-8b68-fc3f856ba316 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 11217016 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Hilje, Lidija. Slanting Towards the Sea [Libby eBook] : A Novel. Simon & Schuster, 2025. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. transcendent meditation. life-changing decision. intimate and universal. gifts for book lovers. miranda cowley heller. books about marriage. life-altering summer. emotional resonance. modern love stories. holiday gift ideas. writers and lovers. dog days of summer. book gifts for her. croatian coastline. lucy barton series. Mediterranean Sea. summer beach read. atmospheric novel. cinematic details. the paper palace. post-war croatia. family dynamics. thirst for salt. womens fiction. female authors. summer fiction. relationships. Coming of age. love triangle. holiday gifts. gifts for mom. ailing father. gifts for her. woman authors. Love stories. stay with me. summer books. ann patchett. debut novel. resentment. new talent. Lily King. marriage. inaction. Divorce. longing. lyrical. Croatia. new man. HTML:<b>National Bestseller * <i>Dazed</i> Best Book of the Year</b><br /> <br /> <b>Spanning twenty years and one life-altering summer in Croatia, <i>Slanting Towards the Sea</i> is at once an unforgettable love story and a powerful exploration of what it means to come of age in a country younger than oneself.</b><br /> Ivona divorced the love of her life, Vlaho, a decade ago. They met as students at the turn of the millennium, when newly democratic Croatia was alive with hope and promise. But the challenges of living in a burgeoning country extinguished Ivona's dreams one after another—and a devastating secret forced her to set him free.<br /> <br /> Now Vlaho is remarried and a proud father of two, while Ivona's life has taken a downward turn. In her thirties, she has returned to her childhood home to care for her ailing father. Bewildered by life's disappointments, she finds solace in reconnecting with Vlaho and is welcomed into his family by his spirited wife, Marina. But when a new man enters Ivona's life, the carefully cultivated dynamic between the three is disrupted, forcing a reckoning for all involved.<br /> <br /> Set against the mesmerizing Croatian coastline, <i>Slanting Towards the Sea</i> is a cinematic, emotionally searing debut about the fragile nature of potential and the transcendence of love. Literature. Fiction. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2026-01-06 20:00:02. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=f4dfbb10-4dde-4d54-8b68-fc3f856ba316&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=f4dfbb10-4dde-4d54-8b68-fc3f856ba316&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)