The Sunday Times Top Ten Bestseller, now a major TV series.
From the acclaimed author of Ghost Wall, Sarah Moss, Summerwater is a simmering story told over twenty-four hours in the Scottish Highlands.
'Superb' - The Times
'Sharp, searching . . . utterly of the moment' - Hilary Mantel
'Beautifully written, intense, powerful' - David Nicholls
It is the summer solstice, but in a faded Scottish cabin park the rain is unrelenting. Twelve families look on as the skies remain resolutely grey.
But there is one particular family, a mother and daughter, with the wrong clothes and the wrong manners. They start to draw the attention of the others. Who are they? Where are they from?
Tensions are rising, something is unravelling, and as darkness finally falls, a match is lit . . .
'A masterpiece' - Jessie Burton
'One of her best' - Irish Times
'So accomplished' - Guardian
Genre: Literary Fiction
From the acclaimed author of Ghost Wall, Sarah Moss, Summerwater is a simmering story told over twenty-four hours in the Scottish Highlands.
'Superb' - The Times
'Sharp, searching . . . utterly of the moment' - Hilary Mantel
'Beautifully written, intense, powerful' - David Nicholls
It is the summer solstice, but in a faded Scottish cabin park the rain is unrelenting. Twelve families look on as the skies remain resolutely grey.
But there is one particular family, a mother and daughter, with the wrong clothes and the wrong manners. They start to draw the attention of the others. Who are they? Where are they from?
Tensions are rising, something is unravelling, and as darkness finally falls, a match is lit . . .
'A masterpiece' - Jessie Burton
'One of her best' - Irish Times
'So accomplished' - Guardian
Genre: Literary Fiction
Praise for this book
"Nothing escapes her sly humour and brilliant touch. Deft and brimming with life, Summerwater is a novel of endless depth. A masterpiece." - Jessie Burton
"Summerwater is a beautiful book, written with delicacy and grace, yet with an undertow as dark as the Scottish loch by which its characters are holidaying in ignorance of the tragedy to come. If you are a huge fan of Moss's work, as I am, you will find yourself parceling it out, to read a chapter a day, like a gift." - Louise Doughty
"Sharp, searching, thoroughly imagined, utterly of the moment . . . it throws much contemporary writing into the shade." - Hilary Mantel
"With delicate precision, Summerwater takes the moral and emotional temperature of a whole society. It is matchless, too, in its blending of steely insight with humour and compassion." - Pankaj Mishra
"Summerwater is a triumph and confirms Sarah Moss as one of the best writers in Britain today." - Fiona Mozley
"Moss is the most brilliant writer. She deserves to win all the prizes." - Joanna Trollope
"Summerwater is a beautiful book, written with delicacy and grace, yet with an undertow as dark as the Scottish loch by which its characters are holidaying in ignorance of the tragedy to come. If you are a huge fan of Moss's work, as I am, you will find yourself parceling it out, to read a chapter a day, like a gift." - Louise Doughty
"Sharp, searching, thoroughly imagined, utterly of the moment . . . it throws much contemporary writing into the shade." - Hilary Mantel
"With delicate precision, Summerwater takes the moral and emotional temperature of a whole society. It is matchless, too, in its blending of steely insight with humour and compassion." - Pankaj Mishra
"Summerwater is a triumph and confirms Sarah Moss as one of the best writers in Britain today." - Fiona Mozley
"Moss is the most brilliant writer. She deserves to win all the prizes." - Joanna Trollope
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