Tide is a taut, compulsive novel about motherhood, marriage and the perils of casting aside a woman's truth, that will appeal to readers of Soldier Sailor, Lullaby and Disclaimer.
WHAT KIND OF MOTHER IS SHE?
In present-day West London, Imogen struggles to connect with her young son, preferring her stay-at-home husband to take the lead. Everything about Imogen is wrong: her lack of maternal instinct, her investment in her work and her impatience. At her husband's insistence, she agrees to take her son to the river to mudlark, only to watch in horror as he is dragged into the water by a huge, reptile-like creature, never to be seen again.
In the aftermath as the police search unfolds, Imogen's sanity is called into question and, believing it'll save her, she forces herself to change her story. But as her secrets and lies mount, the frayed edges of her marriage begin to expose deeper wounds that are impossible to ignore.
Shockingly addictive and unnerving, Tide shows a relationship in ruin and a mother, reeling and unmoored, who just wants to be believed. Anna Richmond asserts a fresh and haunting impression of what it means to be unseen in a marriage and how far one woman will go to reclaim herself.
Genre: Literary Fiction
WHAT KIND OF MOTHER IS SHE?
In present-day West London, Imogen struggles to connect with her young son, preferring her stay-at-home husband to take the lead. Everything about Imogen is wrong: her lack of maternal instinct, her investment in her work and her impatience. At her husband's insistence, she agrees to take her son to the river to mudlark, only to watch in horror as he is dragged into the water by a huge, reptile-like creature, never to be seen again.
In the aftermath as the police search unfolds, Imogen's sanity is called into question and, believing it'll save her, she forces herself to change her story. But as her secrets and lies mount, the frayed edges of her marriage begin to expose deeper wounds that are impossible to ignore.
Shockingly addictive and unnerving, Tide shows a relationship in ruin and a mother, reeling and unmoored, who just wants to be believed. Anna Richmond asserts a fresh and haunting impression of what it means to be unseen in a marriage and how far one woman will go to reclaim herself.
Genre: Literary Fiction