“Utterly stunning, with prose that reads like a painting. It brims with heartbreaking moments of pain and betrayal and quiet joy. It recalls the best of Graham Swift and Thomas Hardy. Each sentence is so pristine and finely tuned that it took my breath away, and like its very own river, I felt helpless in its grip, pulled along to a heartbreaking conclusion. This book is unforgettable; it is a masterpiece.”
