Description
Please note event tickets are neither exchangeable nor refundable.
Tuesday 17th June, 7:30pm
Backstory, 71 Balham High Rd, SW12 9AP
Journalist Sarah Shaffi will be talking to Booker prize longlisted author Siän Hughes and Chloe Michelle Howarth (Sunburn) about their novels, No Such Thing As Monday and Heap Earth Upon It. Both novels explore the themes of dark family secrets and the weight of generational trauma.
About the books:
Steffie spends her days working in a dry-cleaner’s, trying to scrub the world clean one garment at a time. But no matter how spotless the clothes, she can’t rid herself of the guilt and grime she feels inside. Haunted by what happened to her sister when they were children, large fragments of which she can’t fully remember, Steffie is stuck in a loop of self-destruction, defiance, and shame.
When her violent, bullying father dies suddenly, it sparks a reckoning that cracks open her past. What follows is an unexpectedly redemptive journey of a woman trying to piece herself together in a world that failed to make space for her. Raw, exhilarating, and full of heart, No Such Thing As Monday confirms Sian Hughes as a masterful chronicler of life lived on the edge, and people at their most vulnerable.
But for one of the O'Learys, this new friendship sparks an intense attachment that makes the dynamic dangerous for all. It's difficult to bury secrets, but almost impossible to bury feelings...
Tickets Available:
Ticket only - £15 (This ticket does not include a copy of the book. You can decide to buy a copy on the night, but this will be charged in addition, at the full price of the book.)
Ticket & No Such Thing As Monday (RRP £14.99) - £23 (To collect on the night.)
Ticket & Heap Earth Upon It (RRP £10.99) - £22 (To collect on the night)