PENANCE BY ELIZA CLARK
Hardback published by Faber 6th July 2023
ISBN 9780571371761
Did you know what happened already? Did you know her? Did you see it on the internet? Did you listen to the podcast? Did the host make jokes? Nearly a decade ago after the horrifying murder of sixteen-year-old Joan Wilson in a seaside town, journalist Alec Z. Carelli has written the definitive account of the crime. A dizzying feat of investigative mastery, Carelli’s book is built on hours of interviews with witnesses and family members, painstaking historical research and most notably, correspondence with the killers themselves. The results is a riveting snapshot of lives rocked by tragedy and a town left in turmoil. The only question is how much of this story is true?
MY REVIEW
After reading Boy Parts I decided it was time to read Penance by Eliza Clark and it truly didn’t disappoint me. I will most definitely be watching out for more from this clever story teller, author, Eliza Clark.
About Eliza Clark
Eliza Clark has relocated from her native Newcastle back to London, where she previously attended Chelsea College of Art. She works in social media marketing, recently having worked for women’s creative writing magazine Mslexia. In 2018, she received a grant from New Writing North’s ‘Young Writers’ Talent Fund’. Clark’s short horror fiction has been published with Tales to Terrify, with an upcoming novelette from Gehenna and Hinnom expected this year. She hosts podcast You Just Don’t Get It, Do You? with her partner, where they discuss film and television which squanders its potential. Boy Parts is her first novel. You can find her @FancyEliza on both Twitter and Instagram.
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