Sweet Home - Softcover
WINNER OF THE SCOTT PRIZE 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.
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Carys was brought up in a strict Mormon family. In her early thirties she replaced religion with writing and achieved a distinction for her MA collection of short stories. Carys is working on a PhD and a novel. She lives in Southport with her husband and four children.
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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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- PublisherSalt Publishing
- Publication date2012
- ISBN 10 1844719065
- ISBN 13 9781844719068
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages172
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