Some secrets demand betrayal.
Emmi Itäranta holds two MA degrees, one in Drama and another in Creative Writing. Her award-winning debut novel MEMORY OF WATER (Teemestarin kirja) was published in Finland in 2012. She writes fiction in Finnish and English, and is currently working on her second novel. She lives in Canterbury, United Kingdom. www.emmiitaranta.com
‘(A) poetic and melancholy debut’
Guardian ‘Itäranta’s lyrical style makes this dystopian tale a
beautiful exploration of environmental ethics and the power of
ritual’ Washington Post ‘Gorgeous and delicate’ Library Journal,
starred review. ‘Itäranta’s steady piling on of pressure on her
protagonist grips, even as her prose soothes’ SFX 'Where Itäranta
shines is in her understated but compelling characters' Red Star
Review, Publishers Weekly ‘Gorgeous and delicate’ Library Journal,
Starred Review. ‘Brilliant, lyrical prose’ Tor.com
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