The Wrong Child
By: Barry Gornell
Location: FIC GOR
Genre: Youth Thriller
What the critics are saying about THE WRONG CHILD:
'A thought-provoking read' - THE SUN
'Genuinely gripping' - THE HERALD
'A study of guilt and grief' - DAILY MAIL
'Brilliant, but dark as hell' - METRO
'Astonishing' - PSYCHOLOGIES
'So visceral it seeps into your pores' - DAILY RECORD
A tragedy in a small town.
Everyone is affected.
Most people believe one child is to blame for what happened.
But could one little boy really be responsible?
And what lengths will his parents go to protect him?
a fantastic read. loved the story I was engrossed from start to finish- Goodreads review
Twenty-two of the 23 children in a rural village die in a disaster. By chance, the 'wrong' child, Dog Evans, lives. Crippled with survivor's guilt, his parents abandon Evans to a feral life at the margins. He is shunned by those left behind, for whom his presence is a daily insult, a reminder of unbearable loss.
As the action moves from past to present and back, we learn what took place and its shocking consequences for both Dog Evans and the wider community. Gornell's forensic gaze dissects the lives of the bereaved, fractured relationships and existences frozen the day their children died....
Deborah Cutter, separated from her husband, John, numbs her pain with alcohol and sex. Local postman Nugget holds tight to the hope that the Evans house contains valuable secrets. Parish priest Father Wittin is an embarrassing irrelevance....
As grief turns to rage, the villagers' insatiable desire for catharsis, one final blood sacrifice, becomes unstoppable. The master of 'rural noir', Barry Gornell has created a mesmerising, heartbreaking examination of rural life with a remarkable note of hope within the darkness
Location: FIC GOR
Genre: Youth ThrillerWhat the critics are saying about THE WRONG CHILD:
'A thought-provoking read' - THE SUN
'Genuinely gripping' - THE HERALD
'A study of guilt and grief' - DAILY MAIL
'Brilliant, but dark as hell' - METRO
'Astonishing' - PSYCHOLOGIES
'So visceral it seeps into your pores' - DAILY RECORD
A tragedy in a small town.
Everyone is affected.
Most people believe one child is to blame for what happened.
But could one little boy really be responsible?
And what lengths will his parents go to protect him?
a fantastic read. loved the story I was engrossed from start to finish- Goodreads review
Twenty-two of the 23 children in a rural village die in a disaster. By chance, the 'wrong' child, Dog Evans, lives. Crippled with survivor's guilt, his parents abandon Evans to a feral life at the margins. He is shunned by those left behind, for whom his presence is a daily insult, a reminder of unbearable loss.
As the action moves from past to present and back, we learn what took place and its shocking consequences for both Dog Evans and the wider community. Gornell's forensic gaze dissects the lives of the bereaved, fractured relationships and existences frozen the day their children died....
Deborah Cutter, separated from her husband, John, numbs her pain with alcohol and sex. Local postman Nugget holds tight to the hope that the Evans house contains valuable secrets. Parish priest Father Wittin is an embarrassing irrelevance....
As grief turns to rage, the villagers' insatiable desire for catharsis, one final blood sacrifice, becomes unstoppable. The master of 'rural noir', Barry Gornell has created a mesmerising, heartbreaking examination of rural life with a remarkable note of hope within the darkness
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