Growing up in the lagoon town of Batticaloa, a young girl with an unquenchable curiosity and love of the natural world, is entangled in the trauma and turmoil of the Sri Lankan civil war. Uprooted from everything she holds dear, tragedy and betrayal set in motion an unforgettable odyssey. Torn from east to west, struggling with what it means to belong, she desperately seeks a way home to the land of the singing fish.

About the Author
Roma Wells is a Sri Lankan and Irish writer with a family heritage entwined with wild animals and sectarian conflict. Roma studied International Relations at Cambridge University and has worked in journalism, foreign affairs and international development. She is happiest scribbling under trees and at home you will find her bonding with an array of local wildlife. Seek The Singing Fish is Roma's debut novel.

Reviews
'Seek the Singing Fish is a tour de force! Written with such fluency and energy, the words leap off the page. Thoroughly original' - Reeta Chakrabarti; 'A striking debut novel that charts a childhood ravaged by war and redeemed by the chimerical magic of the natural world. Written in a scintillating, hallucinatory register, this book is studded with fascinating insights into the animal kingdom that give a fresh moral perspective to exceptional violence.' - Minoli Salgado



Book Information
ISBN 9781999896096
Author Roma Wells
Format Paperback
Page Count 320
Imprint Epoque Press
Publisher Epoque Press