Blackmoor by Edward Hogan
Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK (September 2009)
220 pages, eBook (purchased myself for $9.99)
Book Rating: 5 Stars
Content Note: Includes Swearing
Being an albino, Beth has been avoided and looked upon with suspicion in the small Derbyshire town she's lived in all her life, her husband George the only person who is interested in her beyond a curiosity. But the birth of her son and a bad case of postpartum depression, along with the environmental changes taking over the small town, all conspire to end in her death. This is an interesting study in the small insignificant things in a person's life that come together to form change and loss. The interaction between George and his son, Vincent, or lack thereof, highlighting the simultaneous avoidance and cleaving desperation that surrounds the memory of Beth. Thought provoking, with rich imagery and a blunt style, oftentimes conveying an uncomfortably accurate assessment of the grittiness of life, stripped of the glamour we wish it had. Great read!
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