Summerwater

From the acclaimed author of Ghost Wall, Summerwater is a devastating story told over twenty-four hours in the Scottish Highlands, and a searing exploration of our capacity for both kinship and cruelty in these divided times.

On the longest day of summer, twelve people sit in a Scottish cabin park. The endless rain leaves them with little to do but watch the other residents.

A woman goes running up the Ben as if fleeing; a retired couple reminisce about neighbors long since moved on; a teenage boy braves the dark waters of the loch in his red kayak. Each person is wrapped in their cares but increasingly aware of the community around them. One family, a mother and daughter without the right clothes or manners, begins to draw attention. Tensions rise, and as night falls, tragedy looms.