The Nature of Water and Air

· RB Media · Narrated by Terry Donnelly and Katherine Borowitz
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"My mother was never easy in the world of houses. She was a tinker, a traveler girl who had married a wealthy man. Her name was Agatha Sheehy....There are silences all around my mother's story." So begins The Nature of Water and Air, set on a patch of Irish coast where, amid a flurry of whispers, we meet Agatha's only surviving daughter, Clodagh. Determined to secure her mother's elusive love and the truth about her, Clodagh is swept into a relationship with a handsome, isolated man. He brings her to the heart of her mother's story, where she must confront the questions "Does a truth change love?" and "What madness will come from chasing a secret?" Powerfully sensitive, this startling debut novel about forbidden love will place Regina McBride among our most celebrated novelists.

About the author

Regina McBride's poetry book, "Yarrow Field", won an American Book Series Award. She is the recipient of fellowships from the NEA & the New York Foundation for the Arts. Her poems have appeared in publications including "Boulevard" & "The Antioch Review". Regina McBride teaches creative writing at Hunter College in New York City, where she lives.

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