Mother Waters
$29.86
- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
28 July 2026
Summary
Crackling with the tension of a thriller, Mother Waters is a deeply beautiful and strange debut about ambition, grief, love and the myths we weave – both about ourselves and the natural world – by a hauntingly powerful new voice.
On the morning of her wedding anniversary, Charlie walks out of her house and her marriage. Free for the first time in years, she returns to her love of marine biology, determined to regain her professional standing.…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781761638558 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1761638556 |
| Author: | Lisa Nan Joo |
| Publisher: | Affirm Press |
| Imprint: | Affirm Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 28 July 2026 |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 153mm |
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A hauntingly strange and uncannily beautiful exploration of darkness, light and the possibility of transformation. – James BradleyI gasped reading this … Stunning writing. – Romy Ash
About The Author
Lisa Nan Joo
Lisa Nan Joo writes fiction, poetry and criticism. She was shortlisted for the Richell Prize in 2022 for Mother Waters. The judges praised the “beautiful writing” and described the work as an “effortlessly crafted novel that combines a dark mystery with a contemporary thread [that] entranced them all”. She also received a Varuna Residency to continue work on this manuscript in 2023. Her writing has been published by Meanjin, Overland and Kill Your Darlings, among others. Lisa holds a PhD in Creative Practice from UNSW, where she has also taught creative writing.
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