In the grip of a mental breakdown, Kyra moves through New York City in one failed attempt to connect after another. A final, fruitless encounter on Coney Island leaves her distraught, broken and ready to fight her way forward - if she can.
Not Waving But Drowning is a chronological look at growing up, formed from two different stories. The two sets of friends represent the American dilemma between what you have known and what you hope to know; the tear between longing for the past and the desire to explore.
