Children think we make them, but we don’t … They come into the world and make us. They make us by breaking us first. ‘Utterly gripping’ Karin Slaughter ‘Impossible to put down’ Booklist ‘Undeniable, brilliantly written’ Theodore Wheeler ‘Thrilling’ Lydia KangThe world is mostly water when Pearl is born. The floods have left America a cluster of small islands with roving trade ships and raiders.Pearl knows little of her father Jacob and elder sister Row, who left her mother Myra when she was...
