Slip of a Fish

Ash collects words, climbs trees and swims in a deserted lake with her beloved seven-year-old, Charlie. Bemused by everyday life, she has a rich and singular interior world. Over the course of a relentlessly hot summer, Charlie begins to pull away, and in a desperate attempt to reconnect with her daughter Ash does something unforgivable. As the gulf between them grows, Ash's life begins to slip out of her hold. Winner of the 2018 Northern Book Prize, Slip of a Fish is a joyously artful and quietly devastating portrait of motherhood, loss and love, in all its kaleidoscopic complexity.

Amy Arnold has tried her hand at everything from swede packing to lecturing in Psychology and is an inveterate reader of mind-blowing books. Living in Cumbria, she is thrilled to call the north her home and can often be spotted running on the fells with her border collie. Her debut novel, Slip of a Fish, won the 2018 Northern Book Prize.