Кейт Браун – лучшие книги

Three short stories, each focusing on the relationship between mother and child. 'The Piper Man' is structured around the legend of The Pied Piper of Hamelin. Marie Nicholls is a single mother bringing up her two boys, who are desperately missing their father. When a strange man arrives on their street, they are inexplicably drawn to him, much to Marie's horror. 'The Cherry Tree' tells the story of a musician, who finds her career at odds with being a mother, while 'Matryoshka' follows a woman's struggle with grief and loss following the death of her baby.

Shakespeare's enduring characters are set adrift in present-day Athens - but a present with a massive difference - an alternative history. Rigid class systems and 'god given' monarchies of the past have not been lost, and the citizens of Athens are frustrated by continuing restrictions and hierarchies.