When Abren becomes conscious of her surroundings she is struggling to get out of the flooded river Severn with her only possession, a beautifully embroidered cloth, clutched in her arms.
Pauline Fisk is a marvellous story teller whose canvas is huge and whose delving in to mythology makes for astounding reading..
A wonderful magical fantasy of a story that follows the journey of a girl\'s life over many centuries and across huge terrain.
What is she doing in the water, who is she, where can she go? And so begins the unfolding of a story, like the river itself, that snakes and turns and surprises the reader on every level.
When Abren becomes conscious of her surroundings she is struggling to get out of the flooded river Severn with her only possession, a beautifully embroidered cloth, clutched in her arms
