POSTHUMOUS PUBLICATION
WHEN Helen Dunmore died last year, her readers mourned the loss of the novels she might have written.
But her posthumously published collection of short stories, edited by her son, Patrick Charnley, is a reminder of what a tender and perceptive writer she was. Patrick writes that one reason for publishing this collection was “to share this work with mum’s readers, many of whom must feel that their enjoyment of mum’s writing has been cut short”.
In the title story, a lonely girl uses a trick learned in childhood to outwit an attacker. Portrait Of Auntie Binbag, With Ribbons,