Truth Like Water
Longlisted for the Bath and Mslexia Novel Awards. Shortlisted for the Caledonia Novel Award. Winner of the Jericho Writers Festival of Writing Prize.
This is a story of lost women – some who can be found again, and some who can’t.
In a small estuary village on the Welsh coast, Catrin is mourning the anniversary of her mother’s drowning when a teenage girl disappears on the same mudflats. Terrified of history repeating itself and driven by unresolved grief, Catrin becomes obsessed with finding Emily.
Her search dredges up dark revelations from the village’s past and present, uncovering secrets about Catrin's own family. Secrets that her parents had never wanted her to discover.
Truth Like Water is the lyrical, gripping debut novel from an award-winning writer.
Publisher: Parthian Books / ISBN: 9781917140546
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