Belonging to neither land nor sea, they belong to one another. How each of their lives complicates the others is the stuff of this perfect little novel. We hope the following questions will stimulate discussion for reading groups and, for every reader, provide a deeper understanding of Offshore . There are repeated references to the ebb and flood of the river's tide. But a certain failure, distressing to themselves, to be like other people caused them to sink back . .
Decision is torment for anyone with imagination.