![]() ![]() Other stories deal with new parenthood, and both the love and fear that a mother has for her child, and the challenges faced with trying to protect them from the world around them. In the case of the central character in this opening tale, which was one of my favourites, we see a daughter carrying out her mother’s final wishes, in which we get a sense of the passing of time, and of life and death, and the impact on those left behind, a time for reflection. ![]() Amongst the recurring themes throughout this collection is motherhood, and the bonds between mothers and their children. In Strangers, the first of the 14 stories featured in this collection, we immediately get a sense of the tone of this book and the nature of the themes that are explored, of life and death and the strange things that can happen in-between. ![]() As a fan of Booth’s writing, having loved the novels Sealed and Exit Management in recent years, I was very excited to receive an advance copy of this collection, with its promise of strange tales involving humans and other animals being an inviting prospect to me. This week sees the publication of Naomi Booth’s first collection of short stories, Animals at Night. ![]()
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