Alison Layland grew up in Bradford and finally settled in mid-Wales where she has been living with her husband and two children. After studying Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic at Trinity College, Cambridge, she was a chartered surveyor before returning to her first love, languages. She was Welsh Learner of the Year in 1999 and in 2001 won the short story competition at the National Eisteddfod. Her published translations include the acclaimed novel "The Colour of Dawn" by Haitian author Yanick Lahens.
An intriguing examination of the enduring legacy of civil conflict,
an unusual combination of love story and psychological
thriller.
Jay, an itinerant storyteller, has been roaming rootless for years
until one morning he arrives in a small Yorkshire Dales town and
sees a face in the crowd which takes him back to the best and worst
times of his life. In the aftermath of a failed affair, Marilyn is
rebuilding her life and her barn when a lightning strike threatens
to ruin everything. Jay comes to her rescue, but accepting his help
risks the independence shes been fighting
Should she trust that Jay is who he says he is, even when he is
economical with the truth? When he disappears for a day or two
running after an immigrant pickpocket he claims is the son of an
old friend, Marilyn is visited by the police with a tale of murder
and lies reaching back into the early nineties and the war in
Yugoslavia. Should she tell them everything she knows which isnt
much or give Jay the benefit of the doubt. Her head says one thing,
her heart another.
A haunting story of guilt, love and war from a talented debut
novelist
*Honno*
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