A review by katheastman
Surrounded by Water by Stephanie Butland

5.0

Surrounded by Water* is an interesting debut but it's also one that stays with you thanks to Stephanie Butland's fine writing. She's writes beautifully, delicately about grief, and deals with it compassionately, but she's also a cracking storyteller. And here she shows us that no matter what we may believe, even those closest to us can have sides to them we never knew about, secrets they've been hiding which may only come out once they're no longer around to protect us or any others affected by them. Surrounded by Water* is an impressive debut novel and I'm looking forward to what Stephanie Butland writes next.

*Published as a paperback under the title Letters to my Husband.