THE DRY YEAR

What happens when the life you built disappears—and desire refuses to return?

After a devastating breakup leaves her without a partner,a home or any certainty about the future, Clara returns to her parents' village carrying more questions than answers.
It has been far too long since she desired anyone.
As she watches the relationships around her survive through habit, dependence or fear of loneliness, Clara begins an intimate investigation into love, sex and the need to be wanted. Is her longing gone—or was it never truly hers to begin with? With striking honesty and emotional precision, The Dry Years
explores the contradictions of modern relationships and the expectations imposed on women regarding love, intimacy and happiness.
Sharp, intimate and deeply relatable, this remarkable debut captures the uncertainty of a generation searching for connection in a world where traditional certainties have begun to crumble.