‘Truth Like Water’ by Carys Shannon

The debut novel from an award-winning short story writer.

In a small estuary village on the Welsh coast, Catrin is mourning the anniversary of her mother’s drowning when a teenage girl disappears on the same mudflats. Terrified of history repeating itself and driven by unresolved grief, Catrin becomes obsessed with finding Emily.

Her search dredges up secrets from the village’s past and present, uncovering far more than the missing girl.

This is a story of lost women – some who can be found again, and some who can’t.

The debut novel from an award-winning short story writer.

‘Truth Like Water’ was awarded a Literature Wales development grant and has been longlisted for the Bath and Mslexia Novel Awards and shortlisted for the Caledonia Novel Award. In 2020 it won the Jericho Writers Festival of Writing Prize.

About the author…
Carys Shannon is originally from North Gower, Swansea, and now lives in the Spanish Pyrenees with her partner and rescue cat. She has had short stories published by Honno Press, Parthian Books and Mslexia Magazine, as well as broadcast on BBC Radio 4. When not writing, Carys is happiest enjoying slow time in big nature.

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