Our Shadow Selves

‘A new book by VG Lee is a cause for celebration’ Jim MacSweeney. ‘A light touch, a wonderfully laconic style, a joy to read’ Andrea Levy. ‘Lee writes with unfailing warmth and wisdom’ Sarah Waters

£10.99

Description

Trauma, revenge, and the price of reinvention…

Artist Shona Blake believes she’s left her violent past behind. But moving in with Richard, the man who once exploited her darkest moments, reopens old wounds.

Sharing a home with Richard in the crumbling seaside town of Hawksbridge, Shona finds kinship with the eccentric Gifford family living illegally in the derelict Miller building.  Mrs Gifford, clinging to her lost youth and Sonny, her troubled son for whom she  does everything, including procuring potential partners from the street.

Their stories of survival give Shona the courage to paint again, until she finds a decomposing body in a roll of filthy carpet in the shadow of the Miller building and everything starts to unravel.

VG Lee is the author of five novels and a collection of short stories. She was shortlisted for a Stonewall Award and has won the Ultimate Planet Award. She is a judge for the annual Polari Prize. She lives on the South Coast

Additional information

Imprint

Muswell Press

ISBN

9781068389382

Publication Date

20260326

Height

198

Width

129

Subjects

FF

Format

Paperback

Author

Pages

248