How a Woman Becomes a Lake

''A highly original, beautifully crafted literary thriller'' IRISH INDEPENDENT

By a frozen lake, ten-year-old Jesse waits for his father. It''s New Year''s Day, and his dad promised a fresh start. But Jesse messed it all up. And that''s when he meets the woman.

In the months ahead, Vera''s disappearance sets off a chain of events in the small town of Whale Bay, spanning out like fracture lines into ...