Fifteen-year-old Cyan, named after the color blue by her artist mother, feels blue in all its shades, when she returns to the Caribbean one year after the loss of her father, drowned in an inexplicable boating accident. Expected to play host to a potential stepsister, Cyan’s past and future seem colored by mystery. Did her mother drive her father away? If he killed himself, why didn’t he leave her a note to help her understand? And what is she to make of the ice bucket and shattered champagne glasses found on board, or the promises of information from the local rich-boy? As the gulf between her mother and herself grows, Cyan must explore the depths of the color blue—the blue of sadness, the ocean, the horizon, and herself—in this story of love, betrayal, and, ultimately, hope.
