'Summerwater' Makes an Intimate Study of Social Class Out of a Long, Rainy Day
âSummerwaterâ Makes an Intimate Study of Social Class Out of a Long, Rainy Day When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. Against the wisdom of the ages, you can tell a book by its cover. You can usually tell one by its title, too. âSummerwaterâ is Sarah Mossâs new novel. Her title is taken from the âThe Ballad of Semmerwater,â a poem by the Englishman William Watson (1858-1935). It suggests density and perhaps difficulty, in the manner of the word âriverrun,â which appears in the first sente...