{"product_id":"the-water-takes-by-sarah-walker","title":"The Water Takes by Sarah Walker","description":"\u003cp\u003eAN UNIMAGINABLE APOCALYPSE.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA SCARED YOUNG GIRL.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA STUBBORN OLD WOMAN.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBUT WITHOUT EACH OTHER, NEITHER WILL SURVIVE.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePam is in her mid-seventies, widowed and hiding from the world behind a caustic sense of humour. Her health is declining, and she’s afraid of dying alone, but her most pressing concern is complaining to the council about her waterlogged garden.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Pam’s ten-year-old neighbour, Charlotte, is foisted upon her, a tentative friendship begins to unfurl, cracking open Pam’s hard exterior.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut the puddles in the garden become pools, and then sinkholes. Nowhere seems safe. With no help coming, Pam and Charlotte can only shelter in place for so long – eventually, they know they must attempt to navigate a catastrophically altered world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Water Takes is a work of astonishing literary imagination with the urgent page-turning propulsion of a thriller. Full of surprises and revelations, with a sense of humanity that is never clichéd or sentimental, The Water Takes will make you laugh and cry – and it will stay with you forever.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"S\u0026S\/Summit Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51283658473750,"sku":"9781761633324","price":34.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0983\/7340\/2902\/files\/9781761633324.jpg?v=1777962201","url":"https:\/\/www.inkwoodandivy.com.au\/products\/the-water-takes-by-sarah-walker","provider":"Inkwood \u0026 Ivy Books and Curiosities","version":"1.0","type":"link"}