What the Deep Water Knows
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
What the Deep Water Knows
By (Author) Miranda Cowley Heller
Penguin Books Ltd
Penguin Books Ltd
29th July 2025
29th May 2025
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Modern and contemporary poetry (c 1900 onwards)
Narrative theme: Love and relationships
Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss
811.6
Physical Properties
Paperback
144
Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 15mm
200g
Description
From the author of Women's Prize 2022 longlisted novel THE PAPER PALACE comes a beautiful work of poetry looking sequentially at childhood, motherhood, marriage, divorce and mortality. THINGS THE TIDE HAS DISCARDED is the debut poetry collection from bestselling author Miranda Cowley Heller, a series of exquisite reflections on love in all its seasons. In poetry that is quick-witted and lyrical, gentle and devastatingly frank, Cowley Heller contemplates time, marriage, and motherhood, and paints a moving portrait of a rich life.
Author Bio
Miranda Cowley Heller was raised in New York. After graduating from Harvard she became a books editor, before working for a decade as Head of Drama Series at HBO. She divides her time between Los Angeles, London and Cape Cod. The Paper Palace, her debut, was a number 1 New York Times bestseller in the US, a Sunday Times bestseller in the UK and was longlisted for the Women's Prize. What the Deep Water Knows is her first poetry collection.
