Slip of a Fish
- Authors
- Arnold, Amy
- Publisher
- And Other Stories
- Tags
- contemporary fiction;literary fiction;drama;debut;women’s literary fiction;england;mother;daughter;motherhood;loss;love;northern book prize;summer;lakes;trees;kjersti skomvold;loneliness;jon fosse;véronique olmi;ali smith;abuse;sexual abuse;north of england;small town
- Date
- 2018-11-01T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 1.31 MB
- Lang
- en
Ash collects words, climbs trees and swims in a deserted lake with her beloved seven-year-old, Charlie. Bemused by everyday life, she has a rich and singular interior world. 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. As the gulf between them grows, Ash’s life begins to slip out of her hold.
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 complexity.