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
- ISBN10 1787198405
- ISBN13 9781787198401
- Publish Date 3 May 2018
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 19 October 2021
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Legend Press Ltd
- Format Paperback
- Pages 288
- Language English