Summerwater / Sarah Moss.
Publication details: London : Picador, 2020.Description: 199 pages ; 24 cmISBN:- 9781529063189
- 1529035457
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Book | Melbourne Athenaeum Library | Fiction | MOS | Available | 062148 |
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Summerwater is a devastating story told over twenty-four hours in the Scottish highlands, and a searing exploration of our capacity for both kinship and cruelty in these divided times. On the longest day of the summer, twelve people sit cooped up with their families in a faded Scottish cabin park. The endless rain leaves them with little to do but watch the other residents. A woman goes running up the Ben as if fleeing; a retired couple reminisce about neighbours long since moved on; a teenage boy braves the dark waters of the loch in his red kayak. Each person is wrapped in their own cares but increasingly alert to the makeshift community around them.