Borrowed Light
Published on 14. February 2006
Book
Paperback/Softback
336 pages
978-1-85242-905-8 (ISBN)
Description
Joolz Denby's fourth novel is a dark tale of dangerous infatuation, set against the idyllic backdrop of the Cornish surfing village of Polwenna. Astra Sharp has dropped out of college to look after her MS-stricken mum. She has a part time job in the caf? run by her best friend Connie, and a boyfriend who plays in a band. Life's not perfect, but it's not too bad ? and if golden surfer boy Luke just noticed she existed, then maybe it would be perfect after all. Then Connie's little sister Angel shows up and everything starts to go to hell. It's not Angel's fault. After all who could blame her for being beautiful? It isn't Angel's fault if everyone falls in love with her ? gorgeous Luke, boring Tim the accountant, Astra's kid sister Gita. But as Angel's stay lengthens into weeks everything in Polwenna curdles ? the weather turns grey and flat and there's madness in the wind. Nothing short of a storm will clear the air, but when the storm comes it brings an act of terrible violence in its wake.
Reviews / Votes
?A most impressive piece of work... This author just gets better and better and this may be her best work yet. She has an enviable ability to portray real people and real places with verve, poetry and passion. Joolz Denby is in the forefront of real writers today? Joanne Harris ?Haunting and lyrical? Daily Express ?[Denby?s] writing shifts tone between levity and lyricism as naturally as light glancing off the sea. Artless-seeming yet sophisticated, it is a superior coming of age story? Financial TimesMore details
Edition
Main
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Profile Books Ltd
Dimensions
Height: 197 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
210 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85242-905-8 (9781852429058)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Joolz Denby was born in 1955 to an SAS father and a glamorous mother. She is an internationally respected poet, spoken-word artist, curator, illustrative artist, tattooist and photographer. She is the award-winning, Orange-nominated author of the novels Stone Baby, Corazon, Billie Morgan, Borrowed Light, and five collections of poetry and short stories. She married an outlaw biker - a member of the Satan's Slaves - at 19 then after leaving that world, went on to spend the next 26 years writing, performing, working and touring with cult underground rock bands New Model Army and New York Alcoholic Anxiety Attack.