It'S Gone Dark Over Bill'S Mother'S eBook

Lisa Blower celebrates her characters with stories that they wouldn''t want told. She makes the bleak funny, in a voice reminiscent of Alan Bennett, and strikes a new chord in regional and working-class fiction.With a sharp eye and tough warmth, Lisa Blower brings to life the silent histories and harsh realities of those living on the margins. The matriarch dominates these award-winning stories in Lisa Blower''s debut collection. From the wise, witty and outspoken Nan of ''Broken Crockery'', who has lived and worked in Stoke-on-Trent for all of her 92 years, never owning a passport, to happy hooker Ruthie in ''The Land of Make Believe'' or young mum Roxanne in ''The Cherry Tree'', she appears in many shapes and forms, and always with a stoicism that is hard to break down.The title is a Potteries saying that means it''s looking a bit bleak, a little like rain.