Thicker Than Water: A Novel - Softcover

"Harrowing . . . it not only succeeds in conveying the horrors that parents may inflict upon their children, but . . . manages to wring from its heroine's story the hope and possibility of transcendence." --New York Times Book Review

"A brilliant, overheated first novel simmering with everything one wouldn't want to know about a family: incest, obsession, revenge."--San Francisco Chronicle

"Fascinating . . . Harrison describes twisted family mechanics with a stylish intensity that gives the grimness meaning." --Boston Globe

"Remarkable . . . a boldly distinctive voice . . . both lyrical and depth-plumbing, a voice charged with intensity and informed by psychological truths."--Newsday

A tale that explores themes of obsession, lust, and despair finds young Isabel struggling with the challenges of her troubled family and passionately endeavoring to free herself from her mother's tyranny. A first novel by the author of The Kiss. Reprint.