In and Out of the Goldfish Bowl by Rachel Trezise (English) Paperback Book

Description: In and Out of the Goldfish Bowl by Rachel Trezise Debut novel from Rachel Trezise, winner of the Orange Futures Prize and the Dylan Thomas Prize. The story of a brutal childhood in the Welsh Valleys. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Debut novel from Rachel Trezise, winner of the Orange Futures Prize and the Dylan Thomas Prize. The story of a brutal childhood in the Welsh Valleys.Rebecca is trying to grow up fast but the whole worlds against her. She falls in love, gets drunk and takes drugs. There are things she needs to forget. But when writing and books take hold of her life she starts to come up from the bottom. Author Biography Rachel Trezise is the author of Dial M for Merthyr and Fresh Apples, and her stories and features have appeared in publications such as The Big Issue, New Welsh Review and Urban Welsh. Review Text This is a burning, raging tale of truth, pain, hate, squalor, love and dying, and wanting to die. Rachel Trezise has lifted the lid on life in the most neglected and soured of communities, and with a delicate wizardry she plunges into the depths of human despair and still manages to find flashes of dark, dark humour.Rebecca Trigianni is growing up in the Rhondda Valley as the last of the coal pits are dying and the towns and villages that had spawned during the Age of Coal are left to sink as the world moves on. Rebecca is a thin, freckled red-head. Her translucent blue-veined skin is mirrored by her fine and sensitive intelligence, neither providing much of a barrier to a harsh and brutal upbringing.Happy memories are few and far between. Bathed in the warm light of her mothers bedroom, the two of them singing along together with Dolly Parton and Tom Jones, and Rebecca watching her beautiful mother dressing in swirling frocks, are fleeting moments of intimacy and contentment. By the time Rebecca is four her father has left and her mother is holding down three jobs, whilst Rebecca is looked after by her fourteen-year-old brother and his friends: Boys and horror films are her evening entertainments. A procession of different boyfriends for Rebeccas mother finally solidifies into Brian, the one she will marry - the professional miner and amateur fisherman. The family can buy their own house, its walls dark with mould and the air fetid with decay. But in they move with their brown furniture and carpets, and for a while life is calm. Since she was little, Rebecca has been told she is different more intelligent, quirky, precociously eloquent. Rather than making her feel special these observations bring a feeling of abnormality and isolation. But this insecurity is only the beginning of a snowballing of abuse and neglect that precipitate Rebecca into an utterly incapacitated state. As her stepfather is made redundant and her mother joins him in a race to oblivion with the ever-helpful hand of alcohol, Rebeccas world begins to disintegrate.Trezise writes with a style that is both poetic and brutal as we follow Rebecca down the spiral of her burning descent. The pain of her experiences, both physical and mental, inspected by an unwavering eye, is made palpable. The intensity of courage, honesty and rage that Trezise has poured onto the page is searing and powerful. We are swept along by it and washed ashore with Rebecca on the various ragged beaches of safety she manages to cling to before the tide takes her under again. Only the darkest humour can find a chink in this maelstrom of despair, and Trezise has a sharp, deft blade that cuts through the clouds and lets the light blink through.The final pages of the book bring Rebecca to an emerging sense of herself as a survivor, not just clinging to the wreckage but standing on solid ground, able to contemplate a future. The transformation is achieved a little hastily: a short time spent with her dying grandmother, a few stories and words of wisdom, and Rebecca can begin to climb to her feet again. But that slightly hurried denouement is the only shortcoming in this extraordinary debut novel. Rachel Trezise is a formidable talent.Lucy WalterIt is possible to use this review for promotional purposes, but the following acknowledgment should be included: A review from , with the permission of the Welsh Books Council. Gellir defnyddior adolygiad hwn at bwrpas hybu, ond gofynnir i chi gynnwys y gydnabyddiaeth ganlynol: Adolygiad oddi ar , trwy ganiatd Cyngor Llyfrau Cymru. Details ISBN1912109794 Author Rachel Trezise Pages 172 Publisher Parthian Books ISBN-10 1912109794 ISBN-13 9781912109791 Format Paperback Media Book Series Library of Wales Language English DEWEY 823.92 Year 2017 Publication Date 2017-10-16 UK Release Date 2017-10-16 Imprint Parthian Books Place of Publication Cardigan Country of Publication United Kingdom AU Release Date 2017-10-16 NZ Release Date 2017-10-16 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:117223622;

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