The Illegal Age by Ellen Hinsey
PBS Autumn Choice 2018 Deryn Rees-Jones 'The Sandpit after Rain' explores

'The Sandpit after Rain' explores the birth of a child and the loss of a father with exacting clarity

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’ – Helen Dunmore

—Valzhyna Mort

as striking on the page as he is on the stage

The Illegal Age by Ellen Hinsey <br><b>PBS Autumn Choice 2018</b> Deryn Rees-Jones 'The Sandpit after Rain' exploresEllen Hinsey's new book length sequence, The Illegal Age, is a powerful investigation into the twentieth century's dark legacy of totalitarianism and the rise of political illegality. It explores the enduring potential for human beings to set neighbour against neighbour and commit final acts of violence. A book of lyrical reflection and prophesy, The Illegal Age chronicles the arrival of a new, disquieting reality unfolding in our midst. As Marilyn