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After an accident in the ring, Little Wing can no longer continue her life as a tightrope walker and circus performer. She lives alone at the top of a tower block slated for demolition.
After an accident in the ring, Little Wing can no longer continue her life as a tightrope walker and circus performer. She lives alone at the top of a tower block slated for demolition.
When she receives a package that contains a memoir written by Helena, the mother she never knew, Little Wing slowly begins to piece together the strange tale of her conception. From the murderous environs of Valentine’s Circus to a bleak island off the west coast of Scotland, Helena charts her love affair with Constantin, a contemporary alchemist. While reading her mother’s memoir, however, the date of tower block’s demolition approaches and so, just, like her mother before her, Little Wing has to choose between fact and fiction.
About the Author
Beatrice Colin was born in London and grew up in Scotland. Her first novel, Nude Untitled, was published by The Toby Press in 2001 and was nominated for the Saltire Award. Her short stories have appeared in various publications in Britain and America including Ontario Review and The London Magazine. Four of her plays have been broadcast by BBC Radio and she is currently writing a stage play for Edinburgh-based theatre company, Stellar Quines.
Colin now lives in Brooklyn with her husband, a filmmaker, and their two young children.
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