Darlings

Mark Darling, a golden boy captain of the school football team, kills his best friend in a freak accident and spends the next decade drifting between therapy and dead-end pursuits. When he meets Sadie, a mender by nature, he is pulled towards her by a force stronger than logic, but can he leave behind the woman who rescued him from despair, his wife, and his unborn child? This story is about how childhood experience can profoundly impact how we behave as adults and how we often blinker ourselves to see a version of the truth that is more palatable to us.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 240 pages
Publication date: 21 June 2021
Publisher: Eye Books

Mark Darling, a golden boy and captain of the school football team, is fifteen years old when he kills his best friend in a freak accident. He spends the next decade drifting between therapy and dead-end pursuits until he meets Sadie, a mender by nature who tries to fix him. One evening, Mark bumps into his old schoolfriend, Ruby, who saw the accident firsthand. He is pulled towards her by a force stronger than logic: the universal need to reconcile one's childhood wounds. This is his chance to feel the enveloping warmth of unconditional love, but can he leave behind the woman who rescued him from despair, the wife he loves, and his unborn child? This is a story about how childhood experience can profoundly impact how we behave as adults, about betrayal, infidelity, and how we often blinker ourselves to see a version of the truth that is more palatable to us.

Weight: 298g
Dimension: 196 x 130 x 25 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781785631337