Ocean : The new novel from the prize-winning author of Larchfield

'Strange, wonderful and compelling' - Louis de BernieresA powerful yacht, a warring family, the unforgiving deep... Caught in a terrorist explosion on the London Underground,inner-city schoolteacher Helen is pregnant and lost until a stranger leads herto safety then vanishes. Obsessed with finding him, she begins to lose her gripon reality - and her family. As their marriage fractures, her husband Frank proposes adaring plan: sell up and sail the Atlantic with their son Nicholas and troubledfoster daughter Sindi on the Innisfree, the very boat where the couple firstfell in love. What begins as a daring bid for salvation turns into an epicjourney. The ocean proves as wild and unpredictable as the heartbreak Helen istrying to outrun. Will the voyage meant to save them destroy them instead?With a fiercely funny and maverick heroine atits helm, Ocean is a powerful exploration of the uncharted waters of the humanheart. The award-winning author of Larchfield takes us on a gripping,beautifully written voyage into the depths of what it means to heal - and tolive