Freshwater big plots edited by Peh Shing Huei

edited by Peh Shing Huei

Alice-Miranda is in bustling New York City

during one of the worst winter storms that New England has ever seen

Written by Andy Chua

but places that evoke a sense of being and becoming

Freshwater big plots edited by Peh Shing HueiWritten by Akwaeke Emezi paperback An extraordinary debut novel, Freshwater explores the surreal experience of having a fractured self. It centers around a young Nigerian woman, Ada, who develops separate selves within her as a result of being born "with one foot on the other side." Unsettling, heart wrenching, dark, and powerful, Freshwater is a sharp evocation of a rare way of experiencing the world, one that illuminates how we all construct our