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A review by snoakes7001
Turning for Home by Barney Norris
5.0
The Evening Standard have described Barney Norris as 'A rare and precious talent'. They're not wrong.
With a beauty and sensitivity that is becoming characteristic of his writing, Turning for Home explores themes of grief and bereavement.
It's Kate's grandfather's 80th birthday and every year the whole extended family congregates to celebrate. This year however, they both have reasons to dread the event.
Deftly switching the narrative between the octogenarian Robert and his granddaughter, Barney Norris fleshes out their back stories and the events that have led them to this point in time. He writes about love and loss, loyalty and betrayal with an aching delicacy and an underlying thrum of anger.
Stunning.
With a beauty and sensitivity that is becoming characteristic of his writing, Turning for Home explores themes of grief and bereavement.
It's Kate's grandfather's 80th birthday and every year the whole extended family congregates to celebrate. This year however, they both have reasons to dread the event.
Deftly switching the narrative between the octogenarian Robert and his granddaughter, Barney Norris fleshes out their back stories and the events that have led them to this point in time. He writes about love and loss, loyalty and betrayal with an aching delicacy and an underlying thrum of anger.
Stunning.