Lament

A daring, gothic, coastal feast. It’s like reading a cursed fever dream or a breathtaking campfire story. LAMENT is a stirring coastal folk horror reminiscent of The Woman in Black and Widow’s Bay, and Jessie Elland haunts with this seamlessly crafted story which feels lifted from another time. This will be a classic – Lucy Rose, author of THE LAMB
Jessie Elland is a singularly talented writer with precise, powerful prose; she weaves a deeply atmospheric world in which we are trapped. Immersive and strange, I could feel the salt and the damp and the desperation of the fading, failing northern seaside town and its people. The story feels both ancient and new, such that even as the events surprised and confound me, they still retained the tragic inevitability of a fairytale. Uncanny, tragic and hauntingly beautiful. I cannot wait to read Jessie Elland’s next book, and the next, and the next – Emma Van Straaten, author of THIS IMMACULATE BODY
Lament is a deeply human and haunting folktale and Elland a master of atmosphere and character. This novel is a grip on your wrist that makes you feel your heartbeat under it, and that slowly pulls you under. With rich prose, a warm but piercing voice and a perfectly unravelling plot, you won’t be able to look away from Lament – Charlotte Paradise, author of OVERSPILL

Jessie Elland is an actress and author from the North East of England. An avid bookworm from the moment she could read, Jessie spent most of her childhood dreaming of writing books and scribbling down half-finished stories. The Lady Upstairs is her first novel to be published (and finished!).

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