All the Water in the World

<p><b>Shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award 2020. Shortlisted for the McKitterick Prize 2021. Runner up for The Paul Torday Memorial Prize 2021.</b><br><br><b>''VERY MOVING, A WARM AND COMPASSIONATE NOVEL'' Diana Evans</b><br><b>''TENDER, HEARTFELT AND HEART-BREAKING'' Francis Spufford</b><br><b><u>Optioned for film by Monumental Pictures/Lionsgate.</u></b><br><br><b>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.</b><br><br>Told alternately by Maddy and her mother, Eve, <i>All the Water in the World </i>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.<br><br><b>''DEEPLY REWARDING AND WHOLLY UNFORGETTABLE'' Bret Anthony Johnston</b><br><b>''CAPTIVATING AND WARM AND REAL'' Janet Ellis </b><b>''ASTONISHINGLY MOVING'' Joanna Hershon</b><b><br>''A TENDER BRUISE OF A NOVEL'' Mary Paulson-Ellis</b></p>