Tethered - Amy McKinnon (2008)Don't you love those moments in a bookstore, when you are drawn to a book and when you read the blurb, you know it will be right for you. Certainly I was drawn to this by the beautiful haunting cover, and its description of Clara, who works in a funeral home and is visited by a child Trecie.
A quick read, Tethered had a real dreamy quality, one you could sense would be perfect for a little film, done in the tyle of The Virgin Suicides, with a certain style of calmness and looking at the world.
Clara has a damaged past, and works quietly at preparing the dead. She tucks her own home grown flowers into their coffins, each bloom a reflection of the qualities that they had when living. With her boss, and a policeman she helps to look for the girl who turns up while she is preparing the dead. However, it is not a car chasing, guns blazing type of novel, yet it does talk of child abuse so is not one for the younger crowd.
So a 3/5 for me and I am off to do some serious relaxing and reading.
1 comment:
Such a beautiful cover! I'm all for judging a book by the cover, most times the book itself is a great one (at least for me). And I do agree, it's a lovely, anticipating feeling when you read the back cover and it's so "spot on right"...
Post a Comment