Recently bereaved Jamie is staying at a rural steading in the heart of Scotland with his actor boyfriend Alex. The sudden loss of both of Jamie's parents hangs like a shadow over the trip. In his grief, Jamie finds himself sifting through bittersweet memories, from his working-class upbringing in Edinburgh to his bohemian twenties in London, with a growing awareness of his sexuality threaded through these formative years.
In the present, when Alex is called away to an audition, Jamie can no longer avoid the pull of the past: haunted by an inescapable failure to share his full self with his parents, he must confront his unresolved feelings towards them. In spare, evocative prose, Allan Radcliffe tells a wistful coming-of-age story and paints a tender portrait of grief in all its complexities.
| ISBN: | 9781914148385 |
| Publication date: | 14th September 2023 |
| Author: | Allan Radcliffe |
| Publisher: | Fairlight Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 208 pages |
| Series: | Fairlight Moderns |
| Primary Genre | Modern and Contemporary Fiction |
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Recently bereaved Jamie is staying at a rural steading in the heart of Scotland with his actor boyfriend Alex. The sudden loss of both of Jamie's parents hangs like a shadow over the trip. In his grief, Jamie finds himself sifting through bittersweet memories, from his working-class upbringing in Edinburgh to his bohemian twenties in London, with a growing awareness of his sexuality threaded through these formative years.
In the present, when Alex is called away to an audition, Jamie can no longer avoid the pull of the past: haunted by an inescapable failure to share his full self with his parents, he must confront his unresolved feelings towards them. In spare, evocative prose, Allan Radcliffe tells a wistful coming-of-age story and paints a tender portrait of grief in all its complexities.
The Old Haunts features in the following genres: Modern and Contemporary Fiction, General Fiction, Fiction
The Old Haunts is available in Paperback
The Old Haunts was written by Allan Radcliffe and published by Fairlight Books
The Old Haunts has 208 pages
Yes it is part of Fairlight Moderns series
£7.19
