The Sunday Times Top Ten Bestseller, longlisted for the Orwell Prize for Political Fiction.
From the acclaimed author of Ghost Wall, Sarah Moss. Summerwater is a devastating 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 people on holiday with their families look on as the skies remain resolutely grey. A woman goes running up the Ben as if fleeing; a teenage boy chances the dark waters of the loch in his kayak; a retired couple head out despite the downpour, driving too fast on the familiar bends.
But there are newcomers too, and one particular family, a mother and daughter with the wrong clothes and the wrong manners, start to
