Bibliograph

SCARS, a Thomas Brown film ; The Summerhills Group in association with Lucky Duck Publishing U.K. and PizzaOwl Productions

Type

Label

SCARS, a Thomas Brown film ; The Summerhills Group in association with Lucky Duck Publishing U.K. and PizzaOwl Productions

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

SCARS

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

a Thomas Brown film ; The Summerhills Group in association with Lucky Duck Publishing U.K. and PizzaOwl Productions

Summary

Scars is a unique narrative-in-verse from an accomplished fiction and essay writer. It is the story of a year in the life of a fictional family in the 1960's told through a series of poems 'written' by the 15-year-old poet-daughter, Hope. Madden's themes of loss, betrayal, and family role reversals are engrained in the text; we begin to recognize the voice of each of the family members, as the narrator relates the events of a dark year in their lives. The scars are literal, figurative and emotional. They form a sort of bond of intimacy that binds these characters beneath family tragedy and dysfunction. Deceptively simple in presentation, Scars is clever, unpretentious, and moving

Target audience

adult

Genre