This elegant little volume was a surprise extra that came with my latest order from PS Publishing. Peter Crowther is one of the two head honchos at PS and is undeniably a great editor and publisher.
Luckily, his talents also stretch to the writing side of things.
This short story is a case in point.
It’s a very gentle and elegiac story set in small town USA that barely scrapes into the fantasy genre we associate with PS Publishing. It follows the Mendelsohn family from the first meeting of Boz Mendelsohn and his wife and follows them through the decades as they raise a family and eventually, tragedy strikes at the heart of the family unit. How they deal with it verges on the magical.
To say any more about the plot would really be going into spoiler territory.
I had to double check Pete Crowther’s details online after reading this. I met him at a signing once and I was sure he was very English. I was right. He is very definitely English and lives somewhere oop north.
This makes it doubly surprising that he manages to capture the essence of small-town America as elegantly and brilliantly as he does in this. The writing is folksy and feels as American as Stephen King.
It’s gorgeously written, evocative and emotional. And at only 32 pages isn’t a huge time commitment. There’s no reason not to read this. Go out and buy it. It will gently break your heart and you'll love Mr Crowther for doing it.
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