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There is a fish on the sand I see it clearly But it is not on its side lying still It is partly upright It moves I can see its gills off the ground and wide open It looks as though its standing upA few decades into the twentyfirst century in their permanently flooded garden in Cornwall Cathy and her wife Ephie give up on their vegetable patch and plant a rice paddy instead Thousands of miles away expat Margaret is struggling to adjust to life in Kuala Lumpur now a coastal city In New Zealand two teenagers marvel at the extreme storms hitting their islandBut they are not the only ones adapting to the changing climate The starfish on Cathys kitchen window are just the start As more and more sea creatures leave the oceans and invade the land the new normal becomes increasingly hard to acceptWhat people are saying about The Fish Joanne Stubbs is a brilliant storyteller Courageous confident and intelligent she explores the horrors of a fading planet in denial of its own guilt Important and unputdownable Fay WeldonAn impressive debut beautifully written immersive prophetic terrifying and wonderful I could not put it down Melanie Golding author of The ReplacementThe Fish is a finely tuned subliminal commentary on how good we are at ignoring the damage we inflict on our precious earth The writing is slick the world is bizarre and the impending doom is palpable Brilliant clever and important Karla Neblett author of King of Rabbits