Intriguing story of a young girl whose life is disrupted in 1976 for nine years thanks to her obsessive 'survivalist' father, a self-absorbed pianist mother and other misguided characters. The details of her new life are fascinating, and the pages turn quickly as you wonder how it will turn out. It's almost creepy and at one point verges on horrifying, but it is refreshingly original; concisely, but sensitively written and full of surprises.
(Victoria Grey-Edwards - bwl 80 Spring 2016 ) |
