The Coop Book Tour |
Hollywood has embraced this genre and stripped it back
to its roots. In today’s movies, we see themes reminiscent of the fairytales
darker beginnings, stories harking back to the days the Grimm brothers sought
them out and captured them in time. These are not for children, there is no
guarantee of happy ever after, no definite true love; they are gritty,
disturbingly dark and more than ever, broaching on reality. Could it be that
our contemporary take on the fairytale is dragging it kicking and screaming
further into darkness?
This new found fascination is rolling in and with it
bringing a tidal wave of adult interest. Then what for other fictional tales,
novels on the fringe of the fairytale genre, are they going to find their place
at last? Is this their moment? My debut novel The Coop sits close to this
blurry line, how it got there I do not know. Perhaps it has something to do
with my adolescent fascination with the original Grimms collection and the ink
stain it left on my subconscious, or my inability to see our world for what it
apparently is but whatever the reason, it was far from intentional. I wrote a
story that grew as the words filled the page, it became what it wanted and that
was not pigeonhole perfect. But looking around me now, I see a change and I
like it, after all, no-one ever said that fairytales were for children. The
Coop certainly isn’t.
About the Author:
Rebecca Reid was withdrawn from school due to illness at
fourteen. Being limited in the things she was able to do, she wrote all the
time − poetry, stories, feelings, thoughts. At 16 she had her own page in the
local weekly newspaper, the Bangor Spectator, in which she covered
anything and everything: fashion, beauty, film, teen issues etc. At 17 she
became a model, doing catwalk, photographic work, and TV. In 2008 she graduated
in English from Queens University, Belfast, and she was awarded an Arts Council
writing grant in 2009. Married in 2007, she lives in N. Ireland with her
husband and their three daughters. The Coop is her first novel,
and part of the Thickets Wood Trilogy.Follow Rebecca on Twitter: www.twitter.com/thicketswood
Visit Rebecca Reid on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rebeccareid.thicketswood
Pick up your copy of The Coop at Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B009BBGY0E
About the Book:
A psychological thriller about the destruction of innocence.Enter The Coop, a dark and mysteriously misleading psychological thriller.
A girl, apparently imprisoned in a room, is the thread of mystery running parallel to the tale of Thatchbury village.
Meet Howard and Lilly. They take you on a journey through Thatchbury where Mathew, the child from the coop, shoots Jodie Tiding, and so unravels the history of his loveless raising, her innocence and the dramatic events leading them to disaster.
The Coop is a darkly compelling vision of the layers of consciousness. Although conceived as the first novel in a trilogy, The Coop stands alone as a brilliant individual work of fiction.
1 comments:
I love stories that make me feel strong emotion... whether psychothrillers or otherwise. Great post!
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