PRESS
A Small dark quiet
“ Flicking between past and present, between the 1940s and the 60s, between narrative and snatches of disconnected dialogue (some real, some unspoken), A Small Dark Quiet is a bold attempt to portray the greyness of growing up without roots or identity, cast adrift in an uncomprehending and uncertain world.”
Read the full review in the Times Literary Supplement.
Interweaving scenes from 1950s and 1960s, darting between Freud’s mourning and melancholia, as the book advances, author Miranda Gold reveals the stories the characters have told themselves to make sense of their trauma. Each of them tries to deal with their past selves, those which they have relentlessly tried to get rid of, as Roxanne Gay describes, “I buried the girl I had been because she ran into all kinds of trouble. I tried to erase every memory of her, but she is still there, somewhere.”
Read the full review by Susanna Crossman in Litro
Primrose Hill novelist's book set in the post-war years deals with the legacy of trauma and how the past plays out in the next generation.
“There is a sense of heroism and devastation in those incredible acts of courage. A really quiet kind of courage to get through the day, do the shopping and somehow keeping your head above water and find space for your grief.”
Read the full interview with Miranda Gold in the Ham & High.