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When the brig Amaryllis was swallowed in a hurricane, the captain and all the crew were swallowed, too. For thirty years the captain’s widow, Geneva Reade, has waited, certain that her husband will send her a message from the bottom of the sea. But someone else is waiting, too, and watching her, a man called Seward. Into this haunted situation comes Jenny, the widow’s granddaughter. The three of them, Gran, Jenny, and Seward, are drawn into a kind of deadly game with one another and with the sea, a game that only the sea knows how to win.

　　吉妮娃·里德对大海企盼已久，但她的父亲却始终不让她去海边。直到为了照顾住在海边的奶奶，她才第一次见到大海，被它的壮阔所折服。
　　但大海并不总是风平浪静。三十年前，双桅帆船“孤挺花号”在风暴中沉没，所有的船员都葬身海底——包括吉妮娃的爷爷。这么多年来，吉妮娃的奶奶一直在等待，坚信她的丈夫会从海底给她送来信物。于是，吉妮娃为了奶奶，每天涨潮的时候都在海滩上搜寻。但一切却又并非那么单纯——三十年前的那次海难，留下的阴影与隔阂依然挥之不去；某个自称西沃德的男人，在附近监视着、等待着……
　　信物终于来了，然而这并不是结束……奶奶那份矢志不渝的爱是否能够得到回应？两代人之间的隔阂是否能够得到弥合？只有大海才能作为那永恒的见证者。