All the Water in the World: Shortlisted for the COSTA First Novel Award

SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA FIRST NOVEL AWARD 2020. A stunning novel about a teenage girl and her mother, as they grapple with serious illness, first love, family secrets and tragic loss.

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 Spufford
Optioned 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

• | Author: Karen Raney
• | Publisher: John Murray Press
• | Publication Date: Dec 10, 2020
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9781473694927
• | ISBN-10: 1473694922