The Flagship Novel
Where the Cwm Holds the Tears
A novel of motherhood, inheritance, love and the secret Wales refused to speak.
The Story
A literary novel set between childhood, family duty and the buried truths of a Welsh community.
At its heart are Anwen and Rhys, a childhood bond that grows into a powerful love connection — while Eira's secret becomes the structural engine of the story. What a mother chooses to hide does not stay hidden. It passes through generations like water beneath stone, finding the lowest place to gather.
It is a novel about the cost of protection, the gravity of class and silence, and the way a valley remembers what its people would rather forget.
Themes
The World of the Novel
Damp with memory, not always with rain.
The world should feel damp with memory rather than constantly wet. Chapel stone, smoke, slate, coal dust, schoolroom chalk, bread, wool, market noise, family rooms and old documents.
Wales here is contained, intimate, stone-bound and emotionally charged — a cwm that gathers everything no one says aloud, and holds it until the next generation needs the truth.
For Agents & Publishers
A literary/emotional novel with strong commercial appeal.
The manuscript is being developed as a literary and emotional novel with strong commercial appeal — rooted in Welsh atmosphere, family secrets and a central love story. Sample chapters, synopsis and pitch document available on request.