Words in Deep Blue Summary
Crowley, Cath

Words in Deep Blue Overview

As the author of a young adult romance novel, Crowley writes from the perspective of two teenage narrators. She alternates between two first-person points of view, conveying the thoughts, feelings, and actions of both Rachel and Henry as they fall in love. While Rachel is grieving the death of her younger brother, Henry is struggling to deal with a breakup and the potential sale of his family bookshop. The story is set in the Australian city of Gracetown. In this text, Crowley touches on themes of love, human connections, the balance between thoughts and feelings, death, and the new beginnings in endings.