by Carys Bray (Author)
A bereaved mother borrows her next door neighbor's baby. An outsider builds a gingerbread house at the edge of an English village. A woman is seduced into buying special-offer babies at the supermarket. A father is reminded of his son as he watches the rescue of a group of Chilean miners. A little boy attempts to engineer a happily ever after following the death of his sister.
With psychological insight and a lightness of touch frequently found in fairy tales, Bray delves under the surface of ordinary lives to explore loss, disappointment, frustrated expectations and regret. Described as `not just excellent, but significant,' by poet and critic Robert Sheppard, these dark and lyrical stories illuminate extraordinary and everyday occurrences with humanity and humour.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 144
Publisher: SALT PUBLISHING
Published: 15 Oct 2012
ISBN 10: 1844719065
ISBN 13: 9781844719068
Book Overview: Carys Bray lays to rest the myth that fiction which examines the domestic sphere is familiar and unchallenging. She explores parenthood, loss, childhood and belonging with razor-sharp prose, a killer eye for the stop-in-your-tracks detail and a real understanding of the hidden cruelties and unexpectedly sharp comforts of family life. -- Jenn Ashworth It's a difficult thing, I think, to write about family life, which unlike wars and love affairs and murders and all the other staples of fiction, does not tend to come with a beginning, a middle and an end, but follows a daily cycle, on and on for years. But it's a trick that Carys Bray pulls off in various ways. -- Chris Beckett
Bray has an uncanny ability for capturing children on the page. Nothing is saccharine. Sentiment is negated beautifully by the everyday.
-- Sarah Schofield
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