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Book Synopsis
For fans of Children of Men, Years and Years & Station Eleven, a postcard from a future Britain that’s closer than we think.
An Evening Standard 'Best New Book'
‘A beautiful book: thought-provoking, eerily prescient and very witty.’ Brit Bennett, author of The Vanishing Half
'Water courses through its pages, as rising sea levels heighten inequalities, buoy populist politicians and wash away every certainty of civilisation. But there’s also the novel’s prose – its liquid grace and glinting sparkle – and the sheer irresistibility of a narrative that sweeps along with a force that feels tidal in its pull.' The Observer
''You said that you would come back. You looked me in the eye and said that. Well, if you had, this is what you would have seen: soft woo