From the author of the number one international bestseller The History of Bees,a captivating new novel about the threat of a worldwide water shortage as seen through the eyes of a father and daughter.
In 2019,seventy-year-old Signe sets out on a hazardous voyage to cross an entire ocean in only a sailboat. She is haunted by the loss of the love of her life,and is driven by a singular and all-consuming mission to make it back to him.
In 2041,David flees with his young daughter,Lou,from a war-torn Southern Europe plagued by drought. They have been separated from their rest of their family and are on a desperate search to reunite with them once again,when they find Signe's abandoned sailboat in a parched French garden,miles away from the nearest shore.
As David and Lou discover personal effects from Signe's travels,their journey of survival and hope weaves together with Signe's,forming a heartbreaking,inspiring story about the power of nature and the human spirit.
Publisher: Simon & Schuster LtdISBN: 9781471175541Number of pages: 416Dimensions: 198 x 130 x 25 mm
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