Say This: Two Novellas

Say This is a pair of crystalline novellas linked by one devastating crime, exploring the interplay between memory, trauma, and narrative. It delves into the experiences of grief and dissociation, power and consent, silence, justice, accountability, and class.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 224 pages
Publication date: 26 March 2022
Publisher: Biblioasis

In the cold spring of 2018, a celebrity journalist receives an email from Eva, who is willing to share details about her teenage sexual affair with her older cousin, a man currently serving time in federal prison for murder. Thirteen years prior, Lenore-May receives the shocking news that her stepson's body has been found near Mount Hood, and homicide is suspected. As she delves into Eva's conflicting emotions towards her confusing relationship and creates a portrait of her cousin's victim through collaged perspectives of the man's family, these two interconnected novellas borrow, interrogate, and sometimes dismantle the tropes of true crime. They lyrically convey the experiences of grief and dissociation, while also brilliantly exploring the fault lines of power, consent, silence, justice, accountability, and class.

Say This is a profound meditation on the complex interplay between memory, trauma, and narrative. It takes place in the cold spring of 2018 in Baltimore, where a celebrity journalist seeks to uncover the truth about a sexual affair between Eva and her older cousin, a man currently serving time in federal prison for murder. Thirteen years earlier, Lenore-May receives the devastating news that her stepson's body has been found near Mount Hood, and homicide is suspected. As she delves into Eva's conflicting emotions towards her confusing relationship and constructs a portrait of her cousin's victim through collaged perspectives of the man's family, these two interconnected novellas borrow, interrogate, and sometimes dismantle the tropes of true crime. They lyrically convey the experiences of grief and dissociation, while also brilliantly exploring the fault lines of power, consent, silence, justice, accountability, and class.

Say This is a captivating exploration of the profound impact of trauma on personal identity. Set in the cold spring of 2018 in Baltimore, it follows the journey of a celebrity journalist as he seeks to uncover the truth about a sexual affair between Eva and her older cousin, a man currently serving time in federal prison for murder. Thirteen years prior, Lenore-May receives the devastating news that her stepson's body has been found near Mount Hood, and homicide is suspected. As she delves into Eva's conflicting emotions towards her confusing relationship and constructs a portrait of her cousin's victim through collaged perspectives of the man's family, these two interconnected novellas borrow, interrogate, and sometimes dismantle the tropes of true crime. They lyrically convey the experiences of grief and dissociation, while also brilliantly exploring the fault lines of power, consent, silence, justice, accountability, and class.

Say This is a thought-provoking examination of the intricate relationship between memory, trauma, and narrative. Set in the cold spring of 2018 in Baltimore, it follows the journey of a celebrity journalist as he seeks to uncover the truth about a sexual affair between Eva and her older cousin, a man currently serving time in federal prison for murder. Thirteen years prior, Lenore-May receives the devastating news that her stepson's body has been found near Mount Hood, and homicide is suspected. As she delves into Eva's conflicting emotions towards her confusing relationship and constructs a portrait of her cousin's victim through collaged perspectives of the man's family, these two interconnected novellas borrow, interrogate, and sometimes dismantle the tropes of true crime. They lyrically convey the experiences of grief and dissociation, while also brilliantly exploring the fault lines of power, consent, silence, justice, accountability, and class.

Dimension: 203 x 127 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781771964609