"All Rivers Flow To The Sea" tells the story of Rose Latham and her older sister Ivy Latham, who have always been close with each other. A car crash that Rose survives but leaves Ivy brain-dead throws the Latham family into turmoil, especially when the doctors recommended taking Ivy off life support. Rose's mother refuses to pull the plug on Ivy but never visits her at the hospital where she is kept, and becomes emotionally distant from Rose. Rose, who has never been alone before, doesn't know how to go on like she used to, and eventually seeks sexual comfort with the family neighbour. The second-person style of writing creates a distance between Rose and the readers, but eventually turns to first-person and creates a completely different 'mood' in the book.
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