Vier Kinder wuchsen in dem Farmhaus The Beacon auf, doch nur May war übrig. Einmal hatte sie diesen Ort verlassen, um an der Universität zu studieren, doch in London fühlte sie sich verfolgt von namenlosen Schrecken, Opfer ihrer Ängste. Nur ihr Bruder Frank war gegangen, hatte geheiratet und war weggezogen. Doch warum wagt niemand, auch nur seinen Namen zu nennen? Sparsame Wortwahl, fesselnd und kraftvoll, exzellent geschrieben. Marvellously written short novella from Susan Hill - a family story as evocative, gripping and Gothic as her best-selling ghost story, The Woman in Black.
Colin and Berenice married locally. May went to university in London, but came home within a year and never left again. Only Frank, quiet, watchful Frank, got away. He left for Fleet Street and a career in journalism but its the publication of a book about his childhood that brings the fame and money he craves - and tears his family apart.
Colin and Berenice married locally. May went to university in London, but came home within a year and never left again. Only Frank, quiet, watchful Frank, got away. He left for Fleet Street and a career in journalism but its the publication of a book about his childhood that brings the fame and money he craves - and tears his family apart.