Falling Too Deep
by Shay Lee Giertz
Seventeen-year-old Brooke McFadden is having a bad summer. From grieving her father’s death to withdrawing from friends and family, she wants nothing more than to be left alone in her pain and isolation. It doesn’t get any better when she falls from the top deck of the Fairchild yacht into the churning waters of Lake Michigan. The impact knocks her out. When she comes to, she realizes three things: her head throbs, she’s in her own bed, and it’s the first day of summer…again.
Brooke is reeling over what happened. Is it death? Is she unconscious? She has no choice but to relive the summer. As she navigates through the do-over, she tries to put the pieces together, but continually falls short. She knows her dreams are clues, but she doesn’t know if redoing summer will last or if it will have any effect on reality.
When her dreams turn to nightmares, and she starts remembering the events of her father’s death, she becomes aware that the end of the summer is approaching. And she has to overcome her past, including her fears, if she is ever going to truly live again.
Brooke is reeling over what happened. Is it death? Is she unconscious? She has no choice but to relive the summer. As she navigates through the do-over, she tries to put the pieces together, but continually falls short. She knows her dreams are clues, but she doesn’t know if redoing summer will last or if it will have any effect on reality.
When her dreams turn to nightmares, and she starts remembering the events of her father’s death, she becomes aware that the end of the summer is approaching. And she has to overcome her past, including her fears, if she is ever going to truly live again.
