WILLIAMS, Julia. The Sink House. Toronto: Coach House Books, 2004. First Edition. Trade paperback. 178x134mm. 107pp. As New.

After years nestles quietly in a dry Calgary suburb, an unassuming house finds herself embroiled in a stalled love affair with an elusive and alluring Oxfordshire riverbank. In The Sink House we follow this curious and engaging affair, which mysteriously coincides with a slow and gradual flood. Everything succumbs to the persistent rise od water: the street becomes a creek bed, wallpaper peels away in the night, kitchen utensils become silt, the furniture floats and flowers become fish. Through it all, our loves persist, salvaging soap boats, battling monsters and flushing toilets for amusement.