Sarah Moss is the darling of many a Book blogger and BookTuber, but I had never found myself interested enough to pick up any of her work. The Tidal Zone however ticks a lot of my boxes, telling the story of a stay-at-home Dad, and his eldest daughter Miriam who suddenly collapses in the school playground when her heart stops beating.
I love stories about families, especially families who defy the norm. Adam is a homemaker, he makes cakes and puts on laundry and does a little academic work on the side, while his wife Emma is a high flying doctor and brings in the majority of their income. Miriam and Rose, fifteen and nine respectively, are interesting and intelligent without being unbelievable and, although the story is ultimately about parents being scared of losing their child, the conversations the family has and the stories they tell each other push the narrative to explore a much wider scope of human life.
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