Pelmanism

About the Book:

Can Gala resist the ties that bind, or will she be drawn once more into a world skewed by fear and suspicion? To avoid being caught in the web of her father’s self-delusion, she fled to another continent.

Now she has returned, she must confront the unbearable weight of her past. A flawed father is seen clearly at last through his daughter’s eyes in a multi-layered narrative that echoes the shifts and loops of memory.

Delicately drawn in fragments of memory, Pelmanism is a moving journey of self-discovery. With her father’s breakdown, Gala finds herself pulled back into the toxic family dynamics she thought she had eluded. Through ripples of the past, we begin to piece together the reality of a family that has lived a lie for as long as she can remember. But what kind of truth can memory really offer?

About the Author:

DILYS ROSE was born and brought up in Glasgow. Edinburgh has been her home for many years. Previous publications include three collections of short stories, Our Lady of the Pickpockets, Red Tides and War Dolls, three of poetry - Beauty is a Dangerous Thing, Madame Doubtfire's Dilemma, and Lure, and a novel, Pest Maiden.

She has also written for stage and collaborated with musicians and visual artists. Awards include the first Macallan/Scotland on Sunday Short Story Prize, The R.L.S. Memorial Award, The Society of Authors’ Travel Award, The Canongate Prize and two Scottish Arts Council Book Awards. Red Tides was short-listed for both the McVitie’s Scottish Writer of the Year and the Saltire Scottish Book of the Year. Pest Maiden was nominated for the Impac Prize.

She teaches creative writing at Edinburgh University. For further information please visit www.dilysrose.com