Kirjahaku

As university term gives way to the summer break she is plagued by dark memories and the only person there for her is her cousin - a cousin that no one else can see - together they embark on a journey that changes Jen and her world forever. 'Haunting, shape-shifting and tense, 'East Coast Road' takes the reader on a thrilling quest which challenges our preconceptions. Chilvers is a master storyteller and she guides us through the complexities of devotion, faith, tenderness, grief and desire, all set against the rugged coastal edges of north east England.' - HELEN MORT

Orca is a woodland surveyor, working and sleeping among the trees. When she meets Nadia, a young woman who needs her help, Orca's stable routine is interrupted and her journey begins. She must choose, again and again, to either follow her instructions for the survey or allow a deeper programming to kick in: the imperative to aid and protect human beings. As Orca and Nadia travel from woodland to woodland, friendships are made, memories start to surface and Orca questions what is real in her surroundings as well as deep within herself.