"Moire stood in the croft houseâs porch, watching Goodman leave, plotting her escape.
His bootsâthick leather the colour of oak, paler at the toe and heelâcrunched in the shoal of pebbles heâd salvaged from the shore behind the house. A slab of grass, the dry stone wall, then the shore. And thenâŚ
Moire had long since given up wondering what lay beyond the wall that marked the perimeter of her understanding because, once lured there by Goodman, sheâd never been able to leave. A prison formed from Goodmanâs lies.
For seven years, Moireâs thoughts returned to the seaâs powerful protection and of a freedom she hadnât known in all those years."
Praise for Goodman's Child:
"It's beautifully written and observed on many different levels - from the descriptions of the Orkney landscape, to Moire's emotions, to making folklore a reality - it just flows and I love it!" â Kate Tenbeth, author of Burly & Grum and Unlucky Dip.
"âŚa thoughtful, beautifully written tale that evokes Kafka's 'Metamorphosis' or, perhaps more closely, Roger McGough's wonderful poem 'Angel Wings'" â Mark Watkins, co-author of Keeping Mum.