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"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."

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9781787198401

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'... a wonderful writer with a painterly eye for detail... There are some brilliant twists.' -- Wendy Holden, Daily Mail 'A beautiful, rich, haunting and addictive masterpiece... I'll never forget it.' -- Louise Beech, author of Maria in the Moon

`This is a glorious, emotional novel about who we really are, where we belong in the world, and how truly at mercy we are to the events that shape us. I can't recommend it enough' -- Louise Beech `A dark, powerful and emotional novel with hauntingly beautiful prose. It will compel you to read on even as it sends chills up your spine' -- Nicola Moriarty

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Cassandra Parkin is the author of The Winter's Child.

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