{"product_id":"9781761633324","title":"The Water Takes","description":"Author: Sarah Walker\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781761633324\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: S\u0026amp;S\/Summit Books\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 31 Mar 2026\u003cbr\u003ePages: 304\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAN UNIMAGINABLE APOCALYPSE.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA SCARED YOUNG GIRL.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA STUBBORN OLD WOMAN.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNEITHER WILL SURVIVE WITHOUT THE OTHER.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePam is in her mid-seventies, widowed and hiding from the world behind a caustic sense of humour. Her health is declining, and she’s afraid of dying alone, but her most pressing concern is complaining to the council about her waterlogged garden.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Pam’s ten-year-old neighbour, Charlotte, is foisted upon her, a tentative friendship begins to unfurl, cracking open Pam’s hard exterior.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut the puddles in the garden become pools, and then sinkholes. Nowhere seems safe. With no help coming, Pam and Charlotte can only shelter in place for so long – eventually, they know they must attempt to navigate a catastrophically altered world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Water Takes \u003c\/i\u003eis a work of astonishing literary imagination with the urgent page-turning propulsion of a thriller. Full of surprises and revelations, with a sense of humanity that is never clichéd or sentimental, \u003ci\u003eThe Water Takes\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003ewill make you laugh and cry – and it will stay with you forever.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Made me laugh and roar and weep.’ KATE MILDENHALL\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Dizzyingly good.' JACQUELINE BUBLITZ\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46795760173214,"sku":"HPC-9781761633324","price":34.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781761633324.jpg?v=1778026952","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781761633324","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}