The Seawomen

(Paperback)

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'An allegorical love story with echoes of fairytales' KATE SAWYER

'A gripping tale of love and bravery' SOPHIE WARD

'Unsettling and lushly written' KIRSTY LOGAN

'A powerful, enchanting novel' ANNA BAILEY

'Mesmerising and moving' SUSANNAH WISE

'Dive in and don't look back' ZOE GILBERT

'Raw and beautiful' CAROLINE LEA

They say wickedness lies in the sea.

Esta knows the fate that awaits her. On the isle of Eden, there is only one path for a woman: a loveless marriage and motherhood. Anyone who disobeys or fails to conceive will be cast into the sea, the place they fear the most.

But is the real wickedness hiding in the men who rule

Esta doesn't dare to dream of another life, until one day, danger forces her beyond the shallows. When the water pulls her under, she discovers a different reality - and an unexpected kindness - hiding there.

As she tastes freedom for the first time, the insular world Esta has always known begins to unravel...

The Seawomen is a fiercely written and timely feminist novel, at once gothic, fantastical and truly unforgettable, for fans of Margaret Atwood and Kiran Millwood Hargrave.

Reviews

Beautifully written ... a great concept, brilliantly executed, and it is essential reading for dystopian fiction fans -- Sunday Business Post
If you're looking for your next Handmaid's Tale-esque fix, this is it -- Belfast Telegraph
Timms unmasks organised religion as a gleaming faade for misogynistic cults, and explores how easily whispered rumours can spiral into mass hysteria. Bonus points for her shockingly nasty villain, Father Jessop * SFX *
An unsettling and lushly-written reimagining of witch trials, exploring fertility, control and how what we believe can save us - or destroy us. The Handmaid's Tale meets The Shape of Water -- Kirsty Logan
A gripping tale of love and bravery; The Seawomen immerses you in its watery world. -- Sophie Ward
This book sucked me under and held me in its gorgeous, terrifying embrace. It's a rare treat to read a story so gripping told in such beautiful prose. Dive in and don't look back. -- Zoe Gilbert
Richly atmospheric, powerful and provocative. A raw and beautiful coming of age story. -- Caroline Lea
I read this beautiful novel in a fever dream, its sweeping prose carrying me away like a boat out at sea. Chloe Timms has written an extraordinary tale of one woman's desire for freedom, for love. Mesmerising and moving, I couldn't put it down. -- Susannah Wise
A powerful, enchanting novel, with prose so vivid you can taste the salt in the air on your tongue -- Anna Bailey
Timms' writing is at once lyrical and measured, bold and tender. The lens she offers us to look through is an unusual and passionate love story, which renders The Seawomen as gripping as it is haunting. -- The Swansea Bay

Author Bio

Chloe Timms is a writer from the Kent coast. After a career in teaching, Chloe studied for an MA in Creative Writing at the University of Kent and won a scholarship for the Faber Academy where she completed their six-month novel writing course. Chloe is passionate about disability rights, having been diagnosed with the condition Spinal Muscular Atrophy at 18 months old, and has campaigned on a number of crucial issues. The Seawomen is her first novel.