Underwater Breathing
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2018
Legend Press Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-78719-840-1 (ISBN)
Legend Press Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-78719-840-1 (ISBN)
Cassandra Parkin stuns in her latest dark fiction, focusing on what constructs family dynamics and what happens when they fall apart.'A glorious, emotional novel... I can't recommend it enough' Louise Beech
On Yorkshire’s gradually-crumbling mud cliffs sits an Edwardian seaside house. In the bathroom, Jacob and Ella hide from their parents’ passionate arguments by playing the ‘Underwater Breathing’ game – until the day Jacob wakes to find his mother and sister gone.
Years later, the sea’s creeping closer, his father is losing touch with reality and Jacob is trapped in his past. Then, Ella’s sudden reappearance forces him to confront his fractured childhood. As the truth about their parents emerges, it’s clear that Jacob’s time hiding beneath the water is coming to an end.
'A dark, powerful and emotional novel with hauntingly beautiful prose. It will compel you to read on even as it send chills up your spine' Nicola Moriarty
On Yorkshire’s gradually-crumbling mud cliffs sits an Edwardian seaside house. In the bathroom, Jacob and Ella hide from their parents’ passionate arguments by playing the ‘Underwater Breathing’ game – until the day Jacob wakes to find his mother and sister gone.
Years later, the sea’s creeping closer, his father is losing touch with reality and Jacob is trapped in his past. Then, Ella’s sudden reappearance forces him to confront his fractured childhood. As the truth about their parents emerges, it’s clear that Jacob’s time hiding beneath the water is coming to an end.
'A dark, powerful and emotional novel with hauntingly beautiful prose. It will compel you to read on even as it send chills up your spine' Nicola Moriarty
Author of THE SUMMER WE ALL RAN AWAY (2013), THE BEACH HUT (2015), LILY'S HOUSE (2016), THE WINTER'S CHILD (September 2017) and UNDERWATER BREATHING (May 2018) Cassandra Parkin grew up in Hull, and now lives in East Yorkshire. Her short story collection, New World Fairy Tales (Salt Publishing, 2011), won the 2011 Scott Prize for Short Stories. UNDERWATER BREATHING is her fifth novel. Visit Cassandra at cassandraparkin.wordpress.com or on Twitter @cassandrajaneuk
| Erscheinungsdatum | 13.07.2018 |
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| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 129 x 198 mm |
| Gewicht | 400 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Märchen / Sagen |
| Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-78719-840-5 / 1787198405 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-78719-840-1 / 9781787198401 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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