Chalk Tracks: Stories from the Downlands
by Gina Challen
A debut collection; brooding short stories of haunted lives and fragile hopes.
Lillian helps people to die. Ruth encounters an unsettling stranger on the towpath. Kathy obsesses over a painting. Robyn puts her trust in a fox. Mags is a forager; he takes the things he wants.
Rooted in the landscape of the South Downs, where the chalk hills roll out to the sea, this incisive debut collection of short stories by Gina Challen explores the places where the familiar can become threatening.
‘Mesmerised and amazed me in equal measure. How does the author cram such a richly textured narrative into such a small space? How does she manage to say so much with so few words?’ Katy Darby
Edition: First
Date Published: 2019-07-03
ISBN: 9781912436224
Catalogue Number: VP0142
Number of Pages: 134
Cover design by Fitzpatrick Designs
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