A Little Stranger
About this ebook
Fran has a good life: a happy marriage to a successful man, a healthy, sweet-natured toddler, a nice London flat. Then, one day, she walks out, leaving it all behind.
As Fran travels to Las Vegas and on to Vancouver she is haunted by memories of her own childhood and driven to reconnect with her estranged mother, Ireni, whose descent into alcoholism has left her destitute.
Will understanding why her own mother failed as a parent help Fran lay the ghosts of her past to rest and return home to her husband and child, or is she destined to repeat her mother’s mistakes?
Praise for A Little Stranger:
“The dark side of motherhood explored in a tale of terror and rage” Independent
“Gripping, sharp and brilliantly kind. She knows the gamble that life is and she never once flinches. Her books are always revelations. What a good read” Ali Smith
“Pullinger treats with thoughtful sympathy that profound taboo, the breaking of the mother-baby bond” Guardian
“A Little Stranger is that extraordinary thing: a mix of literary excellence and finesse combined with a very ordinary and accessible look at life” Sunday Express
About the author
Kate Pullinger is an award-winning writer of novels, short stories and digital works. She is Professor of Creative Writing and Digital Media at Bath Spa University and also acts as a mentor to new and emerging writers.
Born in Cranbrook, British Columbia, Kate dropped out of McGill University after a year and a half of not studying philosophy and literature. She then spent a year working in a copper mind in the Yukon where she crushed rocks and saved money. She spent that money travelling and ended up in London, England, where she lives with her husband and two children.
Kate's novels include The Mistress of Nothing, winner of the Governor General's Literary Award for Fiction, A Little Stranger and The Last Time I Saw Jane, as well as the ghost tale, Weird Sister, and the erotic feminist vampire novel Where Does Kissing End? Her new novel, Landing Gear, will be published in Spring 2014.
Kate's digital works include Inanimate Alice, an episodic online multimedia novel and Flight Paths: A Networked Novel.
You can find out more about Kate and her work at www.katepullinger.com
