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Is there a love so powerful it can bring someone back to life? Rebecca F. John's debut novel about how our longing for a soulmate can bring us to perfect happiness or desolation
Rebecca F. John was born in 1986, and grew up in Pwll, a small village on the South Wales coast. Her short stories have been broadcast on BBC Radio 4. In 2014, she was highly commended in the Manchester Fiction Prize. In 2015, her short story 'The Glove Maker's Numbers' was shortlisted for the Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award. She is the winner of the PEN International New Voices Award 2015, and the British participant of the 2016 Scritture Giovani project. Her first short story collection, Clown's Shoes, is available now through Parthian and she lives in Swansea with her three dogs.
Praise for Rebecca F. John:
'These stories come from a deep, soul-like place of vitality,
warmth and beauty... a prodigious writer of great intelligence and
talent
*Roshi Fernando*
Rebecca F John's prose is vivid, sparkling with intelligent
observation.
*Swansea Bay*
With great sensitivity and against the rich backdrop of 1920s
London, Rebecca F. John draws us into the intimacy of a tight
circle of friends reeling after the unexpected death of the
ebullient Ruby Twist. The book explores how, in an attempt to find
solace, grief makes us vulnerable and allows for the contemplation
of previously inconceivable possibilities. There are mysteries at
the heart of this novel that are wonderfully compelling, while the
psychologies of individual characters are so beautifully drawn -
always very human even if not always admirable - that by the book's
end I felt haunted by their departure. Quiet, moving, and
guaranteed to leave an impression, The Haunting of Henry Twist is a
tender, charming gem of a book
*Clare Wigfall*
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