Red Tears By Joanna Kenrick Published by Faber & Faber Price 6.99 ISBN 0 57123483 6
Self-harm is such a complex, individual problem that it is impossible to get it completely right as a narrative, but Joanna Kenrick has done a good job with this novel.
There is real insight here, enabling the reader to enter into the world of disengagement and isolation that can lead to self-harm. You are enticed into a story that depicts the progression of Emily's self-harm in a gradual and very believable way.
The early stages are especially subtle, enabling the reader to gain a valuable insight into the small beginnings and progression of self-harm as Emily becomes absorbed by it.
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