Book review: Angie Cruz explores alienation, terror and relationships in How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water

"[The protagonist] often needs a glass of water to recover from her tears. She explains the meaning of desahogar – literally to undrown, to cry until you don’t need to cry anymore – or as Cara’s disapproving sister dismisses it, ‘to drown in a glass of water’."

Author Angie Cruz attends BuzzFeed's "AM To DM" on September 16, 2019 in New York City. Photo: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images

• How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water
• Angie Cruz 
• John Murray Publishers
• €20