Book description
Rima treasures the weekly routine she shares with her blind uncle;
their walks along the beach, followed by cosy meals in a local cafe.
Impressed by her uncle's intelligence and dedication to his work, most
of all Rima is awed by his ability to hide his blindness from others,
to live a normal life thanks to his strict routine. However, when her
uncle confides in her a devastating change in his circumstances, Rima
can only watch as his strictly-governed world crumbles, and a more
vulnerable figure is revealed.
Part of the Storycuts series, this short story was previously
published in the collection The Boy Who Taught the Beekeeper to Read.
Susan Hill's novels and short stories have won the Whitbread,
Somerset Maugham and John Llewellyn Rhys awards and been shortlisted
for the Booker Prize. She is the author of over fifty books, including
the five previous Serrailler crime novels, The Various Haunts of
Men, The Pure in Heart, The Risk of Darkness, The
Vows of Silence and The Shadows in the Street. The play
adapted from her famous ghost story, The Woman in Black, has been
running in the West End since 1989; it has also recently been made
into a film starring Daniel Radcliffe.
Susan Hill was born in Scarborough and educated at King's College
London. She is married to the Shakespeare scholar, Stanley Wells, and
they have two daughters. She lives in Gloucestershire, where she runs
her own small publishing firm, Long Barn Books.
