The slum districts of Chicago, 1987, Angie Pittarelli trying to make ends meet and support both herself and nephew David by working as a stripper at Revealers, harassed
North Denver, 1978; school is hell for Finney Shaw, targeted by a gang of bullies for whom taunts and cruel behaviour are less satisfying than physical violence, nor
His apparent nature during his life to be reclusive and his work predominantly set around the early 1700s, a hundred and fifty years before his birth, despite having
Life is rarely kind, but sometimes it is particularly cruel; Holly scrubbing the bed in which her dying husband Jason lies, massaging his back to clear his lungs
“An archaeologist dips into the past with their intelligence, not superstition,” Professor Paul Evans cautions his friend and associate Liza, knowing that she has a fondness for participating
The enduring reputation of an author not necessarily the best measure of the quality of their writing, especially for an author who was not particularly prolific during their
It’s just another morning in Taiwan, Jim and Kat waking before the alarm, she heading to work on the subway and he exchanging pleasantries with the neighbour while
The golden cornfield reaches to the horizon, the road stretches forwards, as endless as the grief of Rachel Doyle, inconsolable after the death of her young son Nathan