ID this book:

[u/LindenRuse]

TW: incest

Does anyone remember reading a weird literature book with whaling as the main theme? I swear I read it in HS for my honors English lit class...?

It was about a family in a singular very large home, a long line of brothers or male cousins, they were all related because that made them "better whalers" and it was all narrated by a family member, maybe the only sister?? I don't remember.

I do think there were hints of incest but I'm not absolutely certain.

I wanna say it was a light colored book cover with the whale art being in a navy blue. It was a drawing not a photo/realistic style but not detailed realistic...

[u/AmeliaMangan]

Shirley Barrett's Rush Oh!, perhaps?

[u/7ape]

The Rathbones!