Let Me Be Like Water - Hardcover

S.K. Perry

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1911545132 ISBN 13: 9781911545132

Publisher: Melville House Uk, 2018

Synopsis

Under the cathartic spell of the sea, and with a little help from a retired magician, a young woman learns how to rebuild her life in this stunningly poignant debut.

Holly moved to Brighton to escape her grief over the death of her boyfriend, Sam. But now she is here, sitting on a bench, listening to the sea sway... what is supposed to happen next?

The solitude she had so craved leaves her feeling wrecked. Stranded. But after she meets Frank, the tide begins to shi . Frank, a retired magician who has experienced his own loss but manages to be there for everyone else. Gradually, as he introduces Holly to a circle of new friends, young and old, all with their own stories of love and grief to share, she begins to learn to live again.

A moving and powerful debut, Let Me Be Like Water is a book simultaneously about nothing and everything: about the humdrum yet extraordinariness of everyday life; of lost and new connections; of loneliness and friendship.

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Review:

‘A wonderful debut novel about how we find our feet again.’ Guardian

‘Raw, visceral and confident... an affecting debut.’ Daily Mail

‘Artful, witty and poetic... only a cynical heart would fail to be moved by this tight as a bow detailing of that old lesson: when it is time to let go, let go.’ The Irish Times

‘Warning: you’ll need the tissues handy for this one.’ Marie Claire

'Enormously beautiful novel - it talks about about the fragility and joy of living, with grief and beyond grief, in language that is as poetic as it is powerful. It will stay with you a long time.’ Sophie Mackintosh, author of Man Booker longlisted The Water Cure

‘A beautiful reflection on love, grief and friendship. Witty and profound.’ Fiona Mozley, author of Man Booker shortlisted Elmet

‘Intimate, ruthless, tender: this book is like medicine for the soul. It will heal and bring back the light.’Nina George, author of The Little Paris Bookshop

‘Let Me Be Like Water is a beautiful, honest and engaging study of how we are healed through the grace of others.’ John Burnside, author of A Summer of Drowning

‘A deeply felt, deeply romantic novel of fragmentary raw emotion, that flickers and flares like a nerve exposed.’ Barney Norris, author of Five Rivers Met on a Wooded Plain

‘Holds you in the familiar place of loss, longing, and survival. Devastating and beautiful.’ Chimene Suleyman, author of Outside Looking On

‘A celebration of life and the regenerative power of friendship. Let Me Be Like Water transcends pain and comforts; it dances in the sky like a kite. --Denis Thériault, author of The Peculiar Life of a Lonely Postman

&quotRaw, visceral and confident... this is an affecting debut." -- The Daily Mail

About the Author:

S. K. Perry was shortlisted for the Mslexia Award and longlisted for London's Young Poet Laureate in 2013. She was a resident artist at the Roundhouse in Camden and a Cityread Young Writer in Residence 2014. She runs creative writing projects that develop emotional literacy, and explore mental health, memory, and healing from violence. She lives in Brixton, London. Let Me Be Like Water is her debut novel.

About this edition

• Publisher: Melville House Uk
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1911545132
• ISBN 13: 9781911545132
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 208