Forgetting Zoe by Ray Robinson

Forgetting Zoe by Ray Robinson

Zoë Nielsen was just like any other ten-year-old walking to school, not knowing that a chance encounter with Thurman Hayes would lead to her abduction and imprisonment in a converted nuclear bunker, 4,000 miles away, beneath a remote ranch house in Arizona. Enslaved in her underground tomb, deprived of food and light and water, the girl Zoe once was steadily begins to disappear... But over time Thurman grows tired of the rapidly maturing Zoë, and when he decides it is time to get rid of her, Zoë must finally make her bid for freedom. Forgetting Zoë is a moving, epic tale of courage, survival, horror and loss, that explores how a bond of affection and intimacy can develop between captive and captor.

I read Forgetting Zoë with great pleasure, admiration, and envyWhat a writer. The characters are so sharply drawn they're etched into the page... Captivating. A great storytelling achievement. -- Tim Pears
A convincing portrait of how childhood brutality is passed down the generations...Direct in its depiction of abuse, Forgetting Zoë is never less than psychologically acute. * Financial Times *

Stockholm syndrome is a curious but understandable condition, intelligently and vividly explored by Ray Robinson...Ray Robinson is a writer with keen observation. His prose is hard, abrupt and sinewy...It is a novel that contains violence but also stillness, that reveals more than it makes explicit...A mature and accomplished work.

-- Allan Massie * The Scotsman *
Very provocative...Powerfully done. -- Tom Sutcliffe * Saturday Review, Radio 4 *
Terribly convincing...The ventriloquism is very skilled. -- Kevin Jackson * Saturday Review, Radio 4 *

Ray Robinson was born in North Yorkshire in 1971. After training as a graphic designer he spent many years teaching in Eastern Europe and Scandinavia. His prize-winning stories are widely published in literary journals and he is the author of two novels, The Man Without and Electricity, which was nominated for the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and the Authors' Club Best First Novel Award. He is a post-graduate of Lancaster University where he was awarded a Ph.D. in Creative Writing in 2006 and is a Literary Mentor for The Literary Consultancy. He lives in Manchester.
For more information visit the author's website: www.themanwithout.com

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ISBN 13	9780099537632
ISBN 10	009953763X
Title	Forgetting Zoe
Author	Ray Robinson
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Cornerstone
Year published	2011-05-19
Number of pages	288
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