Pearl

A beautiful and tender ode to mothers and daughters and those we leave behind told through the eyes of a young girl who loses her mother in mysterious circumstances as a young child and how this shapes not only her life, but that of her father, brother and daughter. Weaving in myth and legend and poetry, Hughes' writing is lyrical and lushly descriptive, yet leaves plenty for the reader to imagine through subtle clues and deft touches such as Marianne's father's relationship with another woman, or what exactly happened to her mother.