When a letter arrives from the grandmother she thought had died decades ago, Rowan Vale finds herself pulled back to the sleepy lakeside town she fled as a teenager. What begins as a reluctant visit quickly turns into a quiet unraveling — of memory, of lineage, of the stories women tell to survive.
Set against the stillness of a rural lake where lilies bloom year-round and secrets sink deep, Lilies in the Water is a haunting novel about grief, forgiveness, and the way trauma echoes across generations. As Rowan uncovers the fractured truths of her family’s past, she must decide whether to keep treading water — or finally let herself be changed by what lies beneath.
With prose as fluid and luminous as its title, Eliot Page offers a moving meditation on inheritance, silence, and the power of choosing your own story.
