In the aftermath of a devastating earthquake, Sarah travels back to her home town with her young son. Delays and diversions take Sarah on an emotional journey as she's forced to return to well-known places echoing with painful memories from her youth. Set in the wild, beautiful and unreliable landscape of southern New Zealand, Emma Timpany's novella is an evocative story of a woman coming to terms with her past and forging a brighter future. 'A tour de force of imagery and emotion.' - Clio Gray, author of 'The Anatomist's Dream'
Emma Timpany is an award-winning author of short story collections. Born and raised in Dunedin, New Zealand, Emma now lives in Cornwall, where she is married and has two daughters.
Title: Travelling in the Dark (Fairlight Moderns)
Author: Emma Timpany
ISBN: 9781912054480
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Publisher: Fairlight Books
Publication Date: 2018-07-11
Number of Pages: 180
Weight: 0.1200 kg
'A tour de force of imagery and emotion.' - Clio Gray, author of 'The Anatomist's Dream'; 'Is this a story about love? In part it is: love and the absence of love. The love that should be there but isn't, the love you go in quest of and the love that travels with you, half-unnoticed.' - Felicity Notley, co-editor of 'Cornish Short Stories'; 'This is a clever, sensitive and deserving book. The journey leaves us, not with the expected finish but, instead, a master stroke.' - Candy Neubert, poet