Julia Prendergast

Blent follows June as she searches for her old friend, Mae, who is missing in Greece. Working from Mae's diaries, penned immediately prior to her disappearance, June travels to the island of Poros. Walking Mae's last-known steps, June scrutinises the diaries alongside memories of an intense bond long gone, yet achingly present. This ruminative novella interrogates the impact of severance...

Frank depictions of family, mental health, youth, ageing, love, and lust speak to the fragility of life, and to the dangerous games we play when we cross boundaries. Hidden beneath the mundanity is violence and decay, mirroring the natural environment so lyrically recreated in Prendergast's raw prose...pollen that stains the local estuary water an unsettling red—Bloodrust. A rare voice, honest...