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An author Q&A between James Gould-Bourn and his agent, Joanna. James is the author of KEEPING MUM, published by Trapeze on 11th June 2020. A surprising, laug...
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May 2, 2020 · He's a single parent with an eleven-year-old son, Will, who hasn't spoken since the death of his mother in a car crash fourteen months ago. He's being pursued by a dodgy landlord for unpaid rent and, to make matters worse, he's just lost his job on a building site.
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Jun 11, 2020 · My Review of Keeping Mum. Danny and Will have a few problems! What a lovely, lovely story Keeping Mum is. Before commenting on the narrative, I just need to say how apt the title is as Will elects not to speak after the death of Liz, his Mum, but as important is both Will and Danny’s desire to keep Liz’s memory alive. They need to keep Mum.
He’s a single parent with an eleven-year-old son, Will, who hasn’t spoken since the death of his mother in a car crash fourteen months ago. He’s being pursued by a dodgy landlord for unpaid rent and, to make matters worse, he’s just lost his job on a building site.
Jan 2, 2022 · Keeping Mum poignantly meditates with wit and real insight on what a life post-grief, or rather post the immediate messy aftermath of it, might look like. “‘You do know you’re not a real panda, right?’ said Will, sliding off the bench and throwing his bag over his shoulder.
Keeping Mum a psychiatric detective story which explores the effect of a dying language on its speakers and looks at how abuses of language might lead to mental illness. Gwyneth Lewis’s investigation begins with a police interrogation, then broadens to take in a mental hospital, where the subject is questioned by a psychiatrist.
