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In Nolin Creek, the water runs deep and the secrets run deeper.
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In the harsh landscape of a Depression-era Northern Ontario mining town, Finnish immigrant sisters Hanna and Essi Kivi scrape together a living as domestic workers, sharing a room in a disreputable boarding house owned by a protective madame.
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When Hanna's body is discovered in the icy waters of Nolin Creek, the police call it a tragic accident. But Essi knows better. Her sister would never have risked crossing unstable ice—not after they lost their youngest sister Martta to drowning years before.
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Haunted by guilt and driven by loyalty, Essi begins to unravel the secrets Hanna kept hidden. As Essi digs deeper into her sister's final days, she discovers that in a town built on desperation and dreams for a better future, everyone has something to hide.
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A gripping tale of love, family, sisterhood, and the search for truth.
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Stay tuned for release date and pre-orders.
ADVANCED REVIEWS
A family tragedy. A murder. A young and naive, but gutsy Finish immigrant woman determined to find justice for her sister and answers for her bereaved parents. In Like Water for Weary Souls, Liisa Kovala has crafted a fast paced, dramatic story that takes you from a small subsistence farm in the declining countryside to the gritty underbelly of a northern Ontario mining town in 1933–the Depression era when people struggled to exist, but still dared to dream of something better. Like Water for Weary Souls will make you holler at injustice, cry at betrayal and cheer at triumph. It embodies the tenacity and hopefulness of the human spirit.
—Emily De Angelis, award winning author of The Stones of Burren Bay
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