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The River Brings the Sea

Alison Thurm, MA 1981

 When the floods came, they washed away the world as we knew it.

Fleeing the waterlogged ruins of London, Anna and Robbie journey north among thousands of refugees until they reach the Mill: a small, self-sufficient community clinging to hope in deepest Cumbria.

Life there is harsh but orderly, until the arrival of a desperate mother and her daughter shatters the uneasy routine, Now, caught between loyalty and fear, Anna must confront how far she is willing to go to protect those she loves – and what it really means to begin again when the world has already ended.

ISBN: 978-1-915606-63-1

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