All the Water in the World

Shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award 2020. Shortlisted for the McKitterick Prize 2021. Runner up for The Paul Torday Memorial Prize 2021.''VERY MOVING, A WARM AND COMPASSIONATE NOVEL'' Diana Evans''TENDER, HEARTFELT AND HEART-BREAKING'' Francis SpuffordOptioned for film by Monumental Pictures/Lionsgate.Maddy is sixteen. She has loyal friends, a mother with whom she''s unusually close, a father she''s never met, devoted grandparents, and a crush on a boy named Jack. Maddy is also dying.Told alternately by Maddy and her mother, Eve, All the Water in the World is a heart-breaking story of a family doing its best when faced with the worst, and a poignant testimony to the transformative power of love.''DEEPLY REWARDING AND WHOLLY UNFORGETTABLE'' Bret Anthony Johnston''CAPTIVATING AND WARM AND REAL'' Janet Ellis ''ASTONISHINGLY MOVING'' Joanna Hershon''A TENDER BRUISE OF A NOVEL'' Mary Paulson-Ellis