In any case, I was hooked." - Natasha Brown Feminist allegory, modern folklore, or romance? Maybe The Seawomen is all of those things, and more. I was never quite sure of what things were.
Chloe Timms is an extraordinary new talent' LAURA PRICE 'Fiercely feminist and utterly unique' NATASHA NGAN 'An allegorical love story with echoes of fairytales and told with a visceral brutality' KATE SAWYER 'A provocative, imaginative and beautifully written work of art' BECCA DAY A raw and beautiful coming of age story' CAROLINE LEA ' The Seawomen immerses you in its watery world' SOPHIE WARD 'Dive in and don't look back' ZOE GILBERT 'I was hooked' NATASHA BROWN ' The Seawomen is a captivating and sometimes terrifying debut that will sweep you out to sea' JEN CAMPBELL 'Mesmerising and moving, I couldn't put it down' SUSANNAH WISE 'Beautifully written, unsettling as a storm over the ocean' LOUISE MORRISH 'An astonishing literary achievement. The Handmaid's Tale meets The Shape of Water' KIRSTY LOGAN 'Richly atmospheric, powerful and provocative. A terrific debut' ***** 'Dystopian literary fiction at its finest' ***** 'A beautifully wild and invigorating voyage of a book - loved it!' ***** 'I knew I'd have to finish it as soon as possible the same day' ***** 'An absolute must read' MORE PRAISE FOR THE SEAWOMEN 'An unsettling and lushly-written reimagining of witch trials. READERS ARE LOVING THE SEAWOMEN ***** 'Read this in one day as it captured me completely. The Seawomen is a fiercely written and timely feminist novel, at once gothic, fantastical and truly unforgettable. And after a brief taste of freedom, the insular world Esta knows begins to unravel. Her fate awaits, a loveless marriage, her motheryear declared.
When Esta witnesses a woman Untethered she sees a future to fear. Married off, the women of the island must conceive a child within their appointed motheryear or be marked as cursed and cast into the sea as a sacrifice in an act called the Untethering. But Esta wants more than a life where touching the water risks corruption, where her every move is watched and women are controlled in every aspect of their lives. Here, fear rules: fear of damnation, fear of the outside world and fear of what lurks beneath the water - a corrupting evil the islanders call the Seawomen. After a fire left her orphaned and badly scarred, Esta was raised by her grandmother in a deeply religious society who cut itself off from the mainland in the name of salvation. Esta has known nothing but Eden's Isle her whole life. ' The Handmaid's Tale meets The Shape of Water ' KIRSTY LOGAN 'Raw and beautiful' CAROLINE LEA 'Mesmerising and moving' SUSANNAH WISE 'An astonishing literary achievement' LAURA PRICE 'I was hooked' NATASHA BROWN Everyone on this island has a story.
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