Author(s): Jackie Davis

Fiction

'Is it true that every breath contains a secret?' As we gather for a family funeral, Breathe lures us cautiously into a time past. It is through the unguarded impressions of the nine-year-old narrator that we see a world of 'good girls', music, swimming at the beach, longed-for dreams and make-believe. But as the story unfolds, a darker picture emerges. 'I had hoped for a miracle. They happen, don't they?' Jackie Davis' Breathe is a sensitive, elegant first novel by a fine new writer. Paperback