Kerry Hadley-Pryce was born in the West Midlands in 1960. She wrote The Black Country whilst studying for an MA in Creative Writing at MMU, for which she gained a distinction and was awarded the Michael Schmidt Prize for Outstanding Achievement 2013-2014. She lives in the Black Country. More about Kerry and The Prime Writers...
From MA to publication. Read Mike Clarke's blog here: See Stourbridge News article on Kerry here: |
Excellent review by EBOOKWYRM
'This is an addictive book that deserves to be up there with the likes of Gone Girl and Girl On The Train it's as good, if not better, than both. A dark and unsettling read that leaves you feeling like a voyeur of a car crash relationship (where you wouldn't look away even if you could), I really enjoyed it - 9/10 stars' AMAZON REVIEW Hadley-Pryce's writing and her handling of her subject are simply masterful here - she plays with our sympathies, holding up the pair in various different guises: the downtrodden, ineffective teacher, the desperate husband, the frustrated wife - while gradually stripping both Harry and Maddie of dignity and revealing their nasty secrets. The dry, judicial tone gradually, oh so gradually, becomes disturbing in itself: who is telling this story? An omniscient narrator? An inquisitor or some sort, we might think but with what agenda? |