Absolutely honoured to have Doug Johnstone at The Big Issue Magazine say such wonderful things about my new novel Bridge. Unbelievably happy to know that the story does a good job at exploring grief, how our choices make us who we are and the complex reverse Persephone family dynamic. Thank you Doug Johnstone and The Big Issue Magazine, so grateful for the work you do.
“Beukes handles the balance between action and emotion brilliantly, with a certain amount of self-referential black humour and terrific and realistic characterisation across the board.”
Via Big Issue:
The book is pulse-pounding in its plotting, but is full of smart and poignant ideas about both grief and the complicated relationship between mothers and daughters. The central narrative is a fantasy about wish fulfilment, and like all such fantasies, it comes at a price.