Underwater Breathing [Paperback]

Secrets simmer beneath the surface of a crumbling coastal home.On Yorkshires eroding cliffs, Jacob and Ella play a childhood game to escape their parents volatile marriage. Years later, after Ellas sudden return, Jacob must confront the past and the family secrets that drove them apart.

As the sea encroaches and his fathers grip on reality loosens, Jacob clings to the hope of reconciliation. But the truth about their parents and Ellas unexpected reappearance threatens to pull him under. Will Jacob learn to breathe again, or will the weight of the past finally claim him?

For readers of character-driven literary fiction, family dramas, and atmospheric mysteries. Themes include mental health, sibling relationships, and the haunting power of memory.

On Yorkshires gradually-crumbling mud cliffs sits an Edwardian seaside house. In the bathroom, Jacob and Ella hide from their parents passionate arguments by playing the Underwater Breathing game  until the day Jacob wakes to find his mother and sister gone.