Slip of a Fish Arnold AmyPaperback / softback
Slip of a Fish Arnold AmyPaperback / softback Shortlisted for the 2019 Goldsmiths PrizeWinner of the 2018 Northern Book PrizeAsh collects words, climbs trees and swims in a deserted lake with her…
Specifikacia Slip of a Fish Arnold AmyPaperback / softback
Slip of a Fish Arnold AmyPaperback / softback
Shortlisted for the 2019 Goldsmiths PrizeWinner of the 2018 Northern Book PrizeAsh collects words, climbs trees and swims in a deserted lake with her beloved seven-year-old, Charlie. Over the course of a relentlessly hot summer, Charlie begins to pull away, and in a desperate attempt to reconnect with her daughter Ash does something unforgivable. Bemused by everyday life, she has a rich and singular interior world.
Winner of the 2018 Northern Book Prize, Slip of a Fish is a joyously artful and quietly devastating portrait of motherhood, loss and love, in all its kaleidoscopic As the gulf between them grows, Ash's life begins to slip out of her grasp.