Flat Water Tuesday: A Novel

Flat Water Tuesday by Ron Irwin is a powerful and emotionally layered novel about love, ambition, and the long shadows cast by youthful choices. Rob Carrey, a successful documentary filmmaker, returns to New York ready to end his long relationship with Carolyn. But an unexpected invitation to his boarding school reunion pulls him back into memories he’s tried to leave behind.

Years earlier, Rob was a scholarship student at the elite Fenton School and a rising star on its legendary rowing team, the God Four. As the team’s most important race approaches, competition intensifies and personal boundaries blur, forcing Rob into a defining moral crossroads. Must victory come at the cost of everything else? Thoughtful and deeply affecting, Flat Water Tuesday explores loyalty, desire, and the true price of success, both on the water and in life.

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