Why this novel? Because we need empathy, understanding, some magic and hope more than ever in our lifetimes.' <b>HOLLY RINGLAND</b><br/><b><br/></b>'Most novels leave us with learnings, but very few refine your character. I left more astute, more empathic, and somehow wiser after I read these pages.' <b>HILDE HINTON</b><br/><br/><i>Frank feared a reckoning, but what he feared more was that all the men in his family were cursed.</i><br/><b><br/></b>Frank Herbert's family has gathered at Tinaroo Dam for his daughter Lily's wedding - the first time he's been back since the death of his father, Joe, a year earlier. Like Frank, the dam is at an all-time low and as the water recedes, objects begin to emerge - abstract and disquieting.<br/><br/>Joe's father Victor - Frank's grandfather - was the butcher of Tinaroo during the dam's construction, but Joe refused to speak of him. Joe was not a talker, but he could roar. And he could smash things. What sorrow was his fury, and this place, concealing? And can Frank find a way into a future of his own making?<br/><br/>Moving between the weekend of the wedding and the explosive year in the 1950s that would shape the Herbert men's destiny, <i>Cool Water</i> is an unforgettable novel about fathers and sons, what it means to be a good man, and the damage that can ripple through generations.<br/><br/><b>A breathtaking story brimming with insight and emotional power by Miles Franklin-shortlisted author Myfanwy Jones.</b><br/><br/>'Myfanwy Jones has become one of my favourite authors and <i>Cool Water</i> should make her one for any Australian reader. This is a generational novel imbued with grace and grit.' <b>A.S. PATRIC</b><br/><br/>'<i>Cool Water</i> leaves an enduring imprint. A vivid and profound novel that conjures old hurts from the depths and brings them to the light. I loved this novel.' <b>KATE MILDENHALL</b><br/><b><br/></b>'Crystal-clear prose . . . [An] accomplished novel' <b><i>SATURDAY PAPER</i></b><br/><b></b>