The Half-life of Snails

When Helen leaves her son Jack with her sister for a few days, she opposes plans for a new power station on the coast of Anglesey that will take over the family's farmland. Meanwhile, Jennifer works for the nuclear industry and welcomes the plans for the good of the economy. During a trip to Chernobyl's Exclusion Zone, Helen is caught up in political violence and trapped there, while Jennifer must discover that even the smallest decision can have catastrophic and long-lasting effects. Jack is not like other five-year-olds, and their discoveries will have devastating consequences.

Format: Hardback
Length: 376 pages
Publication date: 02 May 2022
Publisher: Parthian Books

Two sisters, two nuclear power stations, one child caught in the middle. When Helen, a self-taught prepper and single mother, leaves her young son Jack with her sister for a few days so she can visit Chernobyl's Exclusion Zone, they both know the situation will be tense. Helen opposes plans for a new power station on the coast of Anglesey that will take over the family's farmland, and Jennifer works for the nuclear industry and welcomes the plans for the good of the economy. But blood is thicker than heavy water, and both want to reconnect somehow, with Jack perhaps the key to a new understanding of one another. Yet, while Helen is forced to face up to childhood traumas and her worst fears regarding nuclear disaster, during a trip that sees her caught up in political violence and trapped in Chernobyl's Exclusion Zone, Jennifer too must discover that even the smallest decision can have catastrophic and long-lasting effects, both within the nuclear industry and within the home. And Jack isn't like other five-year olds... as they will both discover with devastating consequences.

Two sisters, two nuclear power stations, one child caught in the middle.

When Helen, a self-taught prepper and single mother, leaves her young son Jack with her sister for a few days so she can visit Chernobyl's Exclusion Zone, they both know the situation will be tense.

Helen opposes plans for a new power station on the coast of Anglesey that will take over the family's farmland, and Jennifer works for the nuclear industry and welcomes the plans for the good of the economy.

But blood is thicker than heavy water, and both want to reconnect somehow, with Jack perhaps the key to a new understanding of one another.

Yet, while Helen is forced to face up to childhood traumas and her worst fears regarding nuclear disaster, during a trip that sees her caught up in political violence and trapped in Chernobyl's Exclusion Zone, Jennifer too must discover that even the smallest decision can have catastrophic and long-lasting effects, both within the nuclear industry and within the home.

And Jack isn't like other five-year olds... as they will both discover with devastating consequences.

Weight: 540g
Dimension: 144 x 224 x 37 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781913640576