An intense, surreal story of family and growing up, perfect for fans
of Matt Bell and The Immortalists.
A mother clings to twin sons, desperate to keep them from becoming their
father, a pirate forever sailing away. In this rain-soaked township, she
will attempt to mummify them, piece by piece, to stop them from growing
up, a hope founded in magic and immortality. Meanwhile, their father
obsesses the seas with his own belief in ever-lasting life, learning too
late that his heart belongs on shore.
In Only and Ever This, a family must endure father loss, a mother's
grief, and roiling adolescence, slipping as it does into arcades, caves,
and the young love for a ghostly girl up the street.