'A bold, beautiful and haunting book . . . You'll be enchanted to the very end' David Almond
'We could dive down together, if you're brave enough . . .'
Ettie loves life with her grandma, playing in the woods and fells, swimming in the tarn, listening to stories. But she's growing up fast. She needs to explore further, take more risks, discover secrets of her own.
So, when the mysterious Cora leads her to a hidden quarry pool – deep, cold, beautiful and dangerously inviting – Ettie is ready to jump straight in.
But not everything is what it seems. The quarry has secrets too, and Ettie will have to dive deep into the darkness to uncover them . . .
Longlisted for the 2025 Wainwright prize for fiction.
