by Santino Prinzi, Nuala Ni Chonchuir, Calum Kerr, Claire Fuller
First published 2016
Martin Reed discovers a forgotten box of photographs beneath his childhood bed, triggering an obsessive search through fragmented memories. Each snapshot reveals another piece of a family history he barely recognizes—faces blurred, contexts uncertain. As he reconstructs these visual fragments, Martin uncovers uncomfortable truths about his parents' past and the selective nature of remembrance. Photographs become both evidence and illusion, challenging what he believes about his own origins. His investigation threatens to unravel carefully maintained family narratives, forcing confrontations with buried secrets that have silently shaped his entire life.
Genres: literary-fiction, mystery, contemporary, family-drama
Vibes: intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: buried-secrets, unreliable-narrator
144 pages · Paperback · CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform