A haunting, evocative portrait of three generations of a family by an exciting and inspired new voice in fiction It is the summer of 1945 in Norfolk, England, and when Goose comes upon a German soldier buried neck deep in the mud of a local salt marsh, she pulls him out and brings him home. Ni...
Privacy is a luxury not afforded on a ship, and I was uncertain whether I was already the subject of rumour or not. Cabin doors opening in the middle of the night, the tread of a woman’s feet, in stockings, crossing the saloon. The soft click of a latch. The men were taciturn, pulling rhythmicall...
Deben estuary. 5am Quickly, without fuss, within ten minutes, he has readied the Flood for leaving. It’s dawn, and the tide has risen with a soft shine that’s brighter than the sky. The water seems like a new element, like mercury, unnaturally flat and shimmering. It’s flooding into the creeks an...