Frances Fyfield: The Nature of the Beast

By MICHELE HEWITSON

Fyfield taps into human longing and fantasy and rummages around in the subconscious with unerring insight. What if, asks The Nature of the Beast, you were in a train crash, emerged unscathed and saw a chance to walk away from your life?

Amy Petty sees that she can walk away from her strange, ill-mannered husband and the life they lead at the dog rescue centre.

The Nature of the Beast is really about the conflicts and contradictions of a place called home. Fyfield examines why we long to leave it; why we long for it when we've left it. It's beautifully, hauntingly told.

Little, Brown and Company

$34.95