The Deeper the Water the Uglier the Fish

by Katya Apekina

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It's 16-year-old Edie who finds their mother Marianne dangling in the living room from an old jump rope, puddle of urine on the floor, barely alive. Upstairs, 14-year-old Mae had fallen into one of her trances, often a result of feeling too closely attuned to her mother's dark moods. After Marianne is unwillingly admitted to a mental hospital, Edie and Mae are forced to move from their childhood home in Louisiana to New York to live with their estranged father, Dennis, a former civil rights activist and literary figure on the other side of success. The girls, grieving and...Read more
  • ISBN10 1937512754
  • ISBN13 9781937512750
  • Publish Date 18 September 2018
  • Publish Status Active
  • Imprint Two Dollar Radio
  • Format Paperback (US Trade)
  • Pages 353
  • Language English