Mapping the Tide
by Patricia Gabriel

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When Clair Brenner, an exhausted, overworked medical resident, must evaluate a suicidal woman in the emergency department, she is shocked to recognize her long-estranged mother. Shaken, she avoids telling her unpredictable half-sister Sibley, while quietly seeking her mother’s diagnosis, hoping to make sense of their fractured past and her mother’s sudden reappearance. But when a visitor arrives at the hospital claiming connections to their mother, Sibley’s hidden agenda surfaces, and Clair’s carefully compartmentalized worlds collide. As professional lines blur and family bonds fray, the sisters are forced to confront the limits of responsibility and forgiveness while relationships–and lives–hang in the balance.

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“A compelling, character-driven novel that explores family, memory, and the quiet forces that shape who we become. It’s a page-turner!” – Daniel Kalla, Globe & Mail bestselling author of The Deepest Fake "Mapping the Tide grabs you from its opening scene and never lets go. A beautiful meditation on longing, loss and re-birth." – Rob Taylor, author of The News and Weather

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Patricia Gabriel is a family physician. She is also clinical faculty at the University of British Columbia and Simon Fraser University. She lives and writes in Port Moody with her husband and two daughters.

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