She thought moving to a beautiful seaside town like Brighton would help her overcome her grief. But it turned out she was going to need a retired magician to help her with that. A beautifully poignant and poetic debut about love, loss, friendship, and ultimately, starting over.

“I am laughing and dancing and I feel like the sea is in me, even though I’m in it, and I scramble out, bruised and with cuts on my elbows and knees.”

S.K. Perry “Let me be like water”. Published by Melville House in 2018. Donated to the library by S.K. Perry ❤️

Photos by Anna Iltnere / Sea Library