Author:Janette Jenkins
It is January, 1914 and Jonathan Crane returns home from his travels with a new American bride, former Coney Island showgirl Beatrice. In the remote Lancashire village Beatrice is the focus of attention, the men captivated by her beauty, the women initially charmed by tales of her upbringing in Normal, Illinois with her father, an amateur taxidermist, and her brother, a preacher, although she will take the story of how she became the Angel of Brooklyn to her grave.
But when the men head off to fight in the Great War the glamorous newcomer slowly becomes an object of suspicion and jealousy for the women who are left behind and as the years pass, and their resentment grows, Beatrice's secret proves to be her undoing.
Beautifully observed, tragic, funny and so evocative that you can taste the candy floss at Coney Island and feel the chill of wartime England, Angel of Brooklyn is an extraordinary, heartbreaking story.
Jenkins' third novel is set in two real places... but is about the ways in which we imagine the world
—— Daily TelegraphJenkins' tender narrative voice is well suited to a heroine still innocent enough to see the good in people... It's a tall order to mix American Gothic with gritty Northern realism, but Jenkins likes to keep herself and her readers entertained... This invigorating novel bottles the seasonal delights of both Coney and Morecambe Bay
—— IndependentLighthearted and confident, a bouncy, enjoyable read
—— ObserverA joy to read
—— John Boyne, author of The Boy in the Striped PyjamasIngenious and gripping
—— Times Literary SupplementJenkins's novel is well-written, elegantly constructed...the arresting opening and skilful characterisation demonstrate Jenkins's strengths as a writer, along with her powerful evocation of place
—— Alex Larman , The ObserverAngel of Brooklyn is a delightfully illustrative novel about a homesick new bride with a big secret. It is charming and tender in equal measure and Jenkins tells the story of her heroine with a beguiling innocence that captures your imagination from the beginning
—— www.thebookbag.co.ukThe novel's delicate counterpoint of psychiatrist and war-damaged poet invites comparison with Pat Barker's Regeneration...Edric is a virtuoso of atmospheric settings
—— London Review of BooksHis language is precise and compressed, each word invested with a world of meaning. An uneasy, thought-provoking work which stays with you long after you have finished reading it.
—— Historical Novels ReviewWith its shifting, subtle light this is a potent exercise in fictional recuperation
—— Sunday TimesFull...of symbols of oppression and human anonymity, In Zodiac Light is a sound evocation of an artist tragically divorced from his calling
—— TelegraphThis book reinforces the status of the prolific Edric as one of English fiction's best-kept secrets
—— Glasgow HeraldEdric succeeds in painting an atmospheric dystopia that is at once unsettling and frightening and laudable for its skilful evocation of the doom and the despair
—— Irish Examiner
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