The Submerged Cathedral

A superb, enthralling novel of love, tragedy and atonement from the acclaimed author of ‘Pieces Of A Girl’.

‘Set me as a seal on your heart, for love is stronger than death.’

Spanning many years, travelling across Australia’s vast continent and through some of Europe’s great cities, ‘The Submerged Cathedral’ is a beguiling, heartbreaking story of paradise and the fall, of sacrifice and atonement, and of sisterly love and rivalry. Most of all, however, it is about an enduring and sacred love – a love stronger than death – and the journeys undertaken in its name.

Written in spare, haunting prose, this novel is a work of the highest literary merit, as well as a timeless love story that will enthrall readers. The release of Charlotte Wood’s acclaimed first novel, ‘Pieces Of A Girl’, marked her as a young writer of great promise; ‘The Submerged Cathedral’ thrillingly confirms that promise with astonishing assurance and lyricism.