Anabel Reed is twenty-two years old and lost. After a decade of estrangement, she finds out her mother, Meredith, has been living in southern California. Anabel sets out on a cross-country road trip to track her mother down. Meanwhile, her mother embarks on a trip of her own. Only they don't know that the real adventure is what happens along the way . . .
Jessica Pedrosa is an Arizona desert-raised writer. WAVES is her debut novel. In 2020, she self-published poetry chap- books SCORCH BLUSH and DEATH SPROUTS. She is a master of fine arts candidate at Willamette University's Pacific Northwest College of Art for creative writing. Currently, she lives in Portland, Oregon.