Ash Mountain- Helen Fitzgerald- Native American Literature
"Single-mother Fran returns to her sleepy hometown to care for her dying
father when a devastating bush fire breaks out. A heartbreaking disaster-noir
thriller from the bestselling author of The Cry."
Fran lives on Ash Mountain with her daughter and son. Each chapter is a different
period of time from the fire to over thirty years before hand- Frans childhood. We
get an understanding of Frans life from this and how she is reacting now. She relives
her childhood memories whilst caring for her frail father. There are dysfunctional
relationships as well as tender moments and often some dark humour along with
an ostrich called Ronnie Corbett. The cover of this book is amazing . The photographer
tells the story of it in the book- a real picture taken during the recent Australian
bushfires. This took me a little while to get into as it is written in a very different
way, mostly from Frans point of view. Once I did, it began to draw me in. The
descriptions are wonderful (the odd one horrific) but enough to give you the
picture and almost smell of bushfire which must be terrifying. A very different
read and a thought provoking one.
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DATE: 14 MAY 2020 | PAPERBACK ORIGINAL | £8.99 | ORENDA BOOKS
ASH MOUNTAIN by Helen Fitzgerald
Fran hates her hometown, and she thought she’d escaped. But
her father is ill, and needs care. Her relationship is over, and
she hates her dead-end job in the city, anyway.
She returns home to nurse her dying father, her distant
teenage daughter in tow for the weekends. There, in the
sleepy town of Ash Mountain, childhood memories prick at
her fragile self-esteem, she falls in love for the first time, and
her demanding dad tests her patience, all in the unbearable
heat of an Australian summer.
As past friendships and rivalries are renewed, and new
ones forged, Fran’s tumultuous home life is the least of her
worries, when old crimes rear their heads and a devastating
bushfire ravages the town and all of its inhabitants...
Simultaneously a warm, darkly funny portrait of small-town
life – and a woman and a land in crisis – and a shocking
and truly distressing account of a catastrophic event that
changes things forever, Ash Mountain is a heart-breaking
slice of domestic noir, and a disturbing disaster thriller that
you will never forget...
‘Shocking, gripping and laugh-out-loud hilarious’ Erin Kelly, on Worst Case Scenario
AUTHOR BIO
TheHelen FitzGerald is the bestselling author of ten adult and young adult
thrillers, including The Donor (2011) and The Cry (2013), which was
longlisted for the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year, and is
now a major drama for BBC1. Her 2019 dark comedy thriller Worst Case
Scenario was a Book of the Year in both The Guardian and Daily Telegraph.
Helen worked as a criminal justice social worker for over fifteen years. She
grew up in Victoria, Australia, and now lives in Glasgow with her husband.
TheHelen FitzGerald is the bestselling author of ten adult and young adult
thrillers, including The Donor (2011) and The Cry (2013), which was
longlisted for the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year, and is
now a major drama for BBC1. Her 2019 dark comedy thriller Worst Case
Scenario was a Book of the Year in both The Guardian and Daily Telegraph.
Helen worked as a criminal justice social worker for over fifteen years. She
grew up in Victoria, Australia, and now lives in Glasgow with her husband.
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