My Candlelight Novel by Joanne Horniman

I am a reading girl, with a pale face, and glasses. People who become enthralled by the world of books, as I am, are often thought to have dull lives, but I feel the my own life is made of the stuff of myth. Or anyway, I intend to make it so. So this is my story. It will be about birth & death and love & sex. I will make it something after my own heart, tender and dark, a little candlelight novel, started this late summer night...

Young mother Sophie’s days are slow, filled with domestic tasks and monotony. She daydreams about authors, her sister’s life in the city and her long gone mother. When Sophie decides to enrol in university her world opens up from the sheltered existence she had while caring for her daughter. My Candlelight Novel is an insightful and honest portrait of a young woman, there is not one moment that rings false. This is a beautiful, lyrical novel that is a joy to read.

My Candlelight Novel is longlisted for the Gold Inky