
Alice Elliott Dark
2000 · Simon & Schuster · 288 pages
"The gloaming is the hour when dawn or dusk works its spell, making all the world as purple as the Scottish highlands on a summer night. In Alice Elliott Dark's heart-catching title story, a loving mother shares this favorite time of day with her dying son, all the while realizing that for him it is already dark."--BOOK JACKET. "In the Gloaming is populated by characters yearning for twilight moments, existing as they do in indeterminate emotional states not easily defined. In "The Secret Spot," Helen dodges the k…
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A character-driven with strong prose, melancholic and immersive read.
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