The minnow - Diana Sweeney

This quietly devastating debut novel takes inspiration from John Steinbeck and Annie Proulx's portrayal of coastal communities, while still finding a voice all its own. Tom's life is turned upside down when a devastating flood destroys her home town, and her life begins a new and unsettling chapter. The flood has claimed the lives of her sister and her parents. Now she lives in an old fishing shed by the lake with Bill, who took her in when she had no-one else. But now Tom is pregnant with his child and she is desperate to escape.