The Water Children

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Anne Berry is a wonderful writer from page one, the plotting is heart-in-the-mouth stuff. What more could you ask Daily Mail

Simply heartbreaking One of the best novels I have read all year Keith Donohue, New York Times bestselling author

Winner of Amazons Rising Stars competition
In the suffocating heat of an historic London heat wave, four young people converge in a tangled web of sexual charm and dangerous passion.

Each of their lives has been irrevocably changed by water: the cruel power of the sea, the healing pull of the river, the slow breaking of thin ice.

As four lives collide in this tale of betrayal, revenge and redemption, who will succumb this time

Will the power of love finally bring the water children together, or tear them apart


From the author of The Hungry Ghosts:

As heart-rending as it is innovative, The Hungry Ghosts heralds Berry as an original new voice in fiction Time Out

This is a novel as breezy as the best summer reads, yet secrets and deadly jealousy seethe at its coreengrossing Daily Mail

A stunning debutEpic in scope and voiceso skilfully crafted, and the writing so elegant, its hard to believe it is a first novel Globe and Mail

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Praise for The Water Children:

Anne Berry is a wonderful writer with a poetic imagination and use of language; startling metaphors and images flow effortlessly from line to line and, from page one, the plotting is heart-in-the-mouth stuff. What more could you ask Daily Mail

Simply heartbreaking, The Water Children is a beautiful story, crafted with real skill and artistry, and told in a rich and sumptuous voice. One of the best novels I have read all year
Keith Donohue, New York Times bestselling author of The Stolen Child

Praise for The Hungry Ghosts:
' [A] stunning debut' Woman & Home

As heart-rending as it is innovative, The Hungry Ghosts heralds Berry as an original new voice in fiction Time Out

This is a novel as breezy as the best summer reads, yet secrets and deadly jealousy seethe at its coreengrossing Daily Mail

A stunning debutEpic in scope and voiceso skilfully crafted, and the writing so elegant, its hard to believe it is a first novel Globe and Mail

'[A] brilliant, brittle portrayal of colonial Hong Kong Psychologies

'The vivid, sensory depictions of Hong Kong circa 1970 ignite this almost unrelentingly sad story, and Berrys easy way of switching between different narrative voices from chapter to chapter is impressive' List

Author Bio

Anne Berry was born in London in 1956, then spent much of her infancy in Aden, before moving on to Hong Kong at the age of six, where she was educated, first at Little Peak School, then Big Peak School, finally at the Island School, where she completed her A levels. She worked for a short period as a journalist for the South China Morning Post, before returning to Britain. After completing a three-year acting course at the Guildford School of Acting, and attaining LAMDA diplomas with honours in acting, teaching and speech therapy, she embarked on a career in theatre. She played pantomime to Shakespeare, and everything in between, shuttling around regional theatres. Most memorable were seasons spent at Theatre Clwyd Wales, Theatre Royal Windsor and Regents Park Open Air Theatre. Waylaid by love and marriage, Anne and her husband settled in Surrey with their four children. In 1992 they moved to their present home in the village of Bookham. Here Anne founded a small drama school, running it for over ten years. Throughout this period she wrote over thirty plays, performed by the pupils of the school. Anne's first love is writing, and it is now her full-time occupation. She remembers loving nothing so well as being given an imaginative composition for English homework at Peak School in Hong Kong. Coming a close second is theatre, with an unbridled passion for Shakespeare. She is an art lover, with Vermeer and Caravaggio being particular favourites. Anne is also a keen swimmer and walker. She has had undiminished support from her family in her writing career.