Book Title: Vividwater
Author: Jacqueline Owens
Publisher: Four Elements
ISBN: 9780473730277
Blurb:
In a future world, only a few hydrospheres, like Aotearoa NZ, have enough drinkable water, nearly all sold overseas. Alex is a mnemopath, a professional memory machine, at the main water treating bureau, WaiOra. Her job isn’t noble, selling water overseas while locals die of thirst. But she needed a job, and the extra water allowance.
Her humdrum life, struggling to earn enough water to live, is upended when her great love comes back to AotearoaNZ, after fifteen years in China. Alex’s world is transformed to one of excitement, danger and a relationship she has to hide.
Vividwater paints a disturbing view of the future where decades of drought have changed the face of AotearoaNZ, and the people who live there. But even in a society dominated by ruthlessness and thirst, there is still hope and glimmers of innocence. The echoes of the past that can redeem us live on in the most unlikely places.
RRP: $35.00
Format: Paperback
Size: 152 x 229 mm, 268 pages
Audience age range: General
Publication Date: April 2025
Distributor in New Zealand: Nationwide Books
Publicity: My publicist is Karen McKenzie at Lighthouse PR: 027 693 9044, karen_m@xtra.co.nz, www.lighthousepr.co.nz. I am available for interviews and signings around the greater Wellington area. I have also been interviewed by Radioactive and radioNZ.
And in NZBooklovers:
https://www.nzbooklovers.co.nz/post/interview-jacqueline-owens-talks-about-vividwater
https://www.nzbooklovers.co.nz/post/vividwater-by-jacqueline-owens