Whena10-year-oldchildissuspectedofaviolentcrime,herfamilymustfacethetruthabouttheirpastinthishaunting,propulsive,psychologicallykeenstoryaboutclass,trauma,andfamilysecretsfrom“hugeliterarytalent“(KarlOveKnausgaard).It’s1990inLondonandTomHargreaveshasitall:aburgeoningcareerasareporter,fierceambitionandabriskdisregardforthe“peasants“--ordinarypeople,hisreaders,easytabloidfodder.Hisstarseemssettorisewhenhestumblesacrossasensationalscoop:adeadchildonaLondonestate,grievingparentsbelovedacrosstheneighborhood,andthefingerofsuspicionpointingatonereclusivefamilyofIrishimmigrantsand“badapples“theGreens.AttheirheartsitsCarmel:beautiful,otherworldly,broken,andoncedestinedforafuturebeyondhercircumstancesuntillife-andlove-gotinherway.Crushedbyfailureandsurroundedbydisappointment,there’snowhereforhertogoandnochanceofescape.Now,withthepoliceclosinginonasuspectandthetabloidshuntingtheirmonster,shemustconfrontthesecretsandsilencesthathavetrappedherfamilyforsomanygenerations.
