The Sound Mirror Roderick Ford draws on life as much

draws on life as much as on imagination – to explore themes of memory

his entry in Seren’s New Stories from the Mabinogion series of short novels (2010)

the night has only just begun

and relationships - changes forever

Day-Lewis was Poet Laureate from 1968 until his death in 1972

The Sound Mirror Roderick Ford draws on life as muchTamara is going to kill her mother, but she isn't the villain. Tamara just has to finish what began at her birth and put an end to the damage encoded in her blood. Quitting her job in Communications, Tamara dresses carefully and hires a car, making the trip from London to her hometown in Kent, to visit her mother for the last time. Accompanied by a chorus of ancestors, Tamara is harried by voices from the past and the future that reveal the struggles,