I Read Stories: She Will Help You In The Only Way She Knows How by Janel Comeau

 

She Will Help You In The Only Way She Knows How by Janel Comeau in Haven Spec

Sophie has a bruise on her face she says she got from walking into a door. Maman is wiser though, knows it was her husband Jeff. Sophie and Ettiene’s father left one day, leaving Maman to bring them up. In town the train horn is blaring, to try and get someone missing in the woods to find their way back.

Maman has a secret. She takes Sophie on a walk to the lake, past a sign that forbids it – though Maman never breaks the rules. And there they meet someone who might be able to help – in the only way she knows how.

Read This: Darkly atmospheric story of family, abuse and alluding to how it is dealt with
Don’t Read This: Bad men come to fantastic ends