![]() ![]() Which means we are treated to a series of unreliable narrators. Like The Girl on the Train, Hawkins explores the fluid, imperfect, nature of memory and how easy it is for people to construct false narratives. It’s also a story about stories there’s a double manuscript within the book, including and most especially those stories we tell ourselves. One of the central characters is a self-proclaimed psychic who speaks to the dead and is reportedly a descendant of an executed witch. This is a story of drowned women with a touch of the uncanny to the whole proceedings. Her death by drowning ‘proves’ her innocence. A young girl accused of witchcraft is ‘tested’ by seeing whether the water will accept or reject her. The very first page of Into the Water by Paula Hawkins whose debut novel The Girl on the Train became a global best-seller is a re-imagining of a horrific historic moment. Beckford is a place to get rid of troublesome women. ![]()
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