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BloodMining (Paperback)
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- Publisher: Bridge House Publishing
- Published: 19 August 2011
- Format: Paperback 372 pages
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- Categories: Contemporary Fiction
- ISBN 13: 9781907335143 ISBN 10: 1907335145
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A haunting, ambitious debut
BloodMining began as flash fiction, sparked by a news item about a British woman who became a new mother at the age of 62. The action takes place within two time settings - the immediate, and more distant future.
Wikinson's future is not, at first glance, so different from the present. Her imagined world is credible because while subtly different, it is rooted in current anxieties.
Gutsy and fiercely independent, Megan Evens - a single mother, fighting to save her son's life after he is diagnosed with a rare, and lethal, hereditary disease- is a very modern heroine. Wilkinson creates a rich internal narrative, allowing readers to connect with her main character. As Megan begins to question her own identity, her loneliness draws us still closer.
As a novel about women, ageing, and the mother-child relationship, BloodMining is compelling, and Wilkinson ably navigates the tender, sometimes fraught exchanges between her protagonists.
Though its scope is ambitious, and could easily have veered off-course, BloodMining's deft interweaving of complex themes makes for a haunting début. Recommended for fans of contemporary thrillers, with an interest in eco-feminism. by Tara
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