The Seawomen
the gripping and acclaimed novel for fans of Hannah Ritchell and Naomi Alderman
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Publisher Description
'If you're looking for your next Handmaid's Tale-esque fix, this is it' BELFAST TELEGRAPH
Fiercely written, vivid and timely, The Seawomen is an unforgettable and highly acclaimed debut novel about the rise to power of women on a remote island, for fans of Margaret Atwood and Naomi Alderman.
They say wickedness lies in the sea.
To touch the water - to even look at it - will stir up the sin that naturally lives in the heart of each woman. The only path to salvation is obedience, marriage and motherhood. Those women on the isle of Eden who fail in their duty will be cast back into the dark water, without mercy.
But the sea calls to Esta. It always has.
When danger forces Esta beyond the shallows, she uncovers a different world. One of freedom and power. It sets her on a course to uncover a secret sunk beneath the waves and the truth that will tear Eden apart.
PRAISE FOR CHLOE TIMMS:
'A gripping tale of love and bravery' SOPHIE WARD, author or The Schoolhouse
'Unsettling and lushly written' KIRSTY LOGAN, author of Now She is Witch
'A powerful, enchanting novel' ANNA BAILEY, author of Tall Bones
'Mesmerising and moving' SUSANNAH WISE, author of The Fragile Earth
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Taught that they must be subject to all-encompassing oppression or risk damning their deeply religious community, the women of Chloe Timms’s debut novel grow up knowing that perceived transgressors—and those who fail to bear children—will be punished brutally. In order to protect their island, they are told, they must resist the temptations of the Seawomen who swim around it and hope to corrupt them; even the water itself is a sinister influence. The novel is sure to appeal to fans of Margaret Atwood, but this is a world of Timms’s own: the isolated island is a bleak place but her descriptions are richly detailed and the society she sketches feels all too real. Her protagonist is Esta, who has a dark family history and, increasingly, a questioning streak, though this feminist story of tyranny, defiance and forbidden love also takes the time to understand those who do not find it within themselves to defy.
