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Pearl
by Siân Hughes
“Forgetting is not the worst thing. Remember is not the worst thing either. The worst thing is when you have forgotten, and then you remember. It catches you out.”
A beautiful and deeply melancholic exploration of grief and memory.
Marianne’s mother went missing when she was just eight years old, and her entire life has since revolved around this. We see her in teenage rebellion, young adult depression, and new mother regeneration.
The ebbs and flows of the novel are positioned alongside a poem/nursery rhyme that accompanies the sentiments of each chapter beautifully. Hughes’ prose is vivid and exciting, olfactory and evocative, and in my opinion this book truly deserves its spot on the Booker Prize Longlist.
A beautiful and deeply melancholic exploration of grief and memory.
Marianne’s mother went missing when she was just eight years old, and her entire life has since revolved around this. We see her in teenage rebellion, young adult depression, and new mother regeneration.
The ebbs and flows of the novel are positioned alongside a poem/nursery rhyme that accompanies the sentiments of each chapter beautifully. Hughes’ prose is vivid and exciting, olfactory and evocative, and in my opinion this book truly deserves its spot on the Booker Prize Longlist.