Manhattan Beach

In "Manhattan Beach," a New York Times bestseller by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jennifer Egan, the story unfolds in Depression-era New York against the backdrop of World War II. Nearly twelve-year-old Anna Kerrigan witnesses a pivotal meeting between her father and a gangster, which foreshadows the complexities of her family's survival. As the war intensifies and her father goes missing, Anna breaks new ground as the first female diver at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, navigating both her perilous job and her evolving understanding of loyalty and identity. This richly woven narrative explores themes of courage and transformation during a turbulent time in American history.