There are Rivers in the Sky: From the bestselling author of The Island of Missing Trees

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This breathtaking novel from a Booker-shortlisted, bestselling author weaves together the stories of one lost poem, two great rivers, and three remarkable lives, all connected by a single drop of water. In the ruins of Nineveh, fragments of the ancient Epic of Gilgamesh lie hidden in the sand. In Victorian London, a gifted child named Arthur is born near the dirt-black Thames. His extraordinary memory offers a chance to escape poverty, leading him to an apprenticeship at a printing press and a journey across the seas inspired by the book Nineveh and Its Remains. In 2014 Turkey, ten-year-old Yazidi girl Narin awaits baptism in the River Tigris, but her ceremony is interrupted, forcing her and her grandmother to navigate war-torn lands in search of their sacred valley. Meanwhile, in 2018 London, heartbroken hydrologist Zaleekhah moves onto a houseboat on the Thames to escape her troubled marriage. As she grapples with a life devoid of love and meaning, an unexpected connection to her homeland transforms her existence. This rich, sweeping narrative spans centuries and cultures, reminding us that while "water remembers," it is humans who forget.