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Recurring nightmares remind Olive—who has carved out a new, post-dad identity as Liv—about why she doesn’t talk about her father anymore. The symbolism of dreaming about drowning while searching for the lost city of Atlantis, a mission her father, Nico Varanakis, has dedicated his life to, is impossible to ignore. His kitschy postcards, which suddenly started arriving two years ago, only make her feel worse. His latest is an invitation to visit him in Greece, and she is quick to decline. But at her mother’s insistence that she try to reconnect with him, Liv finds herself in beautiful Santorini, joining her father’s filmmaking crew and sharing a bunk in a bookstore with his assistant, Theo—a Greek teenager who charms her instantly. They are working on a documentary detailing Nico’s Atlantean theories for National Geographic, an endeavor Liv finds both exciting and panic-inducing. Her recounting throughout of the 26 items her father left behind when he walked away from their family, and which Liv secreted in a shoebox under her bed, provides insight into his imprint on her memory, but their impending reconciliation requires a deeper dive and Liv has always stayed at the surface when it comes to Nico. The search for Atlantis and information about Greek philosophers add interest to the sweet, if at times predictable, story. There is a little diversity among the non-Greek supporting cast. A summery, romantic getaway. (Fiction. 12-16) Copyright © Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.

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Recurring nightmares remind Olivewho has carved out a new, post-dad identity as Livabout why she doesnt talk about her father anymore. The symbolism of dreaming about drowning while searching for the lost city of Atlantis, a mission her father, Nico Varanakis, has dedicated his life to, is impossible to ignore. His kitschy postcards, which suddenly started arriving two years ago, only make her feel worse. His latest is an invitation to visit him in Greece, and she is quick to decline. But at her mothers insistence that she try to reconnect with him, Liv finds herself in beautiful Santorini, joining her fathers filmmaking crew and sharing a bunk in a bookstore with his assistant, Theoa Greek teenager who charms her instantly. They are working on a documentary detailing Nicos Atlantean theories for National Geographic, an endeavor Liv finds both exciting and panic-inducing. Her recounting throughout of the 26 items her father left behind when he walked away from their family, and which Liv secreted in a shoebox under her bed, provides insight into his imprint on her memory, but their impending reconciliation requires a deeper dive and Liv has always stayed at the surface when it comes to Nico. The search for Atlantis and information about Greek philosophers add interest to the sweet, if at times predictable, story. There is a little diversity among the non-Greek supporting cast. A summery, romantic getaway. (Fiction. 12-16) Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.