Sheer Blue Bliss (32 page)

Authors: Lesley Glaister

Connie stands alone in the room. She puts her arms around herself and shivers. She can't believe now the moment has come that she is really going. She looks at the filthy yellow chair, at the floor scattered with the crisp little bodies of moths, bees and wasps, at the two empty nails on the wall.

âI'll start loading the car,' Lisa calls up. âAll right?'

âYes, dear, yes.'

Connie goes through the trap-door and down the ladder, rung by rung by rung. Halfway down she stops, closes her eyes to see Patrick's smile.

âGoodbye, my lover,' she says.

About the Author

Lesley Glaister (b. 1956) is a British novelist, playwright, and teacher of writing, currently working at the University of St Andrews. She is a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and a member of the Society of Authors. Her first novel,
Honour Thy Father
, was published in 1990 and received both a Somerset Maugham Award and a Betty Trask Award. Glaister became known for her darkly humorous works and has been dubbed the Queen of Domestic Gothic. Glaister was named Yorkshire Author of the Year in 1998 for her novel
Easy Peasy
, which was shortlisted for the Guardian Fiction Award in 1998.
Now You See Me
was shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction in 2002. Glaister lives in Edinburgh, Scotland, with her husband, author Andrew Greig.

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ISBN: 978-1-4976-9416-3

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