Book guide
The Covenant of Water
A family’s fear of water shapes three generations of love, loss and discovery.
GenresHistoricalLiterary
Genre and trope pairingsHistoricalAge gapHistoricalFamily sagaLiteraryFamily sagaLiteraryGrief journeyLiteraryIntergenerational trauma
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About The Covenant of Water
Set in Kerala from 1900 to 1977, this epic follows three generations of one family marked by a strange drowning affliction, and by love, faith, medicine and loss.
Reading signals
- Spice
- Light
- Darkness
- Balanced
- Pacing
- Balanced
Content warnings
- suicide
- graphic medical treatment
- death of a child
- child marriage
- drowning
- sexual assault
- drug addiction
- fire/fire injury
