Young Marie pregnant by a feckless sailor manouevres the reliable Sam away from college and into wedlock. The result is a daughter Pia followed by her half-brother Luke and an unhappy marriage. Between the children an intense and loving bond develops a bond that as teenagers it leads them away from home and into dangerous waters. Against a loveless backdrop Pia and her half-brother Luke grow up to form a passionate bond that leads them away from home and into a wild hand-to-mouth existence. In spare yet emotionally charged prose Rosalyn Chissick charts a relationship that challenges society's boundaries and conventions. A shocking poignant and poetic novel by a prize-winning writer.
