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Jason Prosper grew up in the top notch world of Manhattan penthouses, Maine summer months estates, old-boy prep universities, and exclusive sailing golf clubs. A good, athletic teenager, Jason maintains a wholesome, funny disdain for the trappings of affluence, preferring to spend afternoons sailing with Cal, his best friend and boarding-school roommate. When Cal commits suicide during their junior time at Kensington Prep, Jason is devastated by the loss and transfers to Bellingham Academy. There he meets Aidan, a fellow learner with her own troubled past, and they embark on a tender, uncomfortable, deeply emotional romance. When a major hurricane strikes the New Great britain coast, the destruction it causes brings with it another upheaval in Jason's life, forcing him to seem sensible of an awful secret that is buried by the guys he considers his friends. Set against the backdrop of the 1987 currency markets collapse, The Starboard Sea is an examination of the abuses of category privilege, the mutability of libido, the enjoyment and risk of competitive sailing, and the adult cost of teenage recklessness. It really is a powerful and provocative novel about a son finding his moral middle, seeking to forgive himself, and receiving the surprise of love.
