Plumcake

by Sarah Gray

312 pages, Paperback

Published August 15, 2024

About the author

Sarah Gray has been storytelling all of her professional life. As a writer and filmmaker she is delighted by what she fears and loves to explore the darkly comic side of the human psyche. In a scary and illogical world there is plenty to allow her imagination free reign.

Master of the short story, her three collections - Surface Tension, Half Life and Urban Creatures - are a resplendent trilogy with curious stories that cause disquiet and heartache with a chilling sting of pleasure.

Stories enable us to face the worst that can happen and then get back to everyday life pretending the terrible stuff only happens to other people. Most of the time…

"Half Life is quite something. I just loved Sarah's idea of what it means to be a ghost." - Tracy Chevalier

"Sarah writes beautifully and the sense of foreboding or unease is brilliantly conveyed. I've never read anything quite like it, although I'd suggest echoes of Mary Shelley or Edgar Allan Poe." - Clare Balding

Reviews

[Marilyn · Rating 5 out of 5]

This novel is beautifully written. The characters are very realistic and led me through a gamut of emotions. We see Faye as she struggles through manipulation, heartbreak, despair and restoration (I can tell you I shed a few tears along her journey) but also got a glimpse into the mind of Dr. Vogel. I seldom give a five star rating but this book certainly deserves it.