High Tides & Open Hands is Katherine Plucinsky's debut novel, a courageous and intimate memoir about her experience surrounding the loss of her "person" and best friend. Through a mixture of poetry and prose, Plucinsky reveals what it is like to be completely consumed by the shifting waves of grief. Her process is put on full display, as is her connection to God, a relationship which she considers foundational. The strength of her faith is tested but ultimately fortified through the power of surrender. Indeed, this is a story of hope, healing, and resiliency from a young author who provides us with an embodied example of what it means to live a life that is broken, open.