Gowk Storm

Nancy B.'s touching story of the needle and the damage done is heartbreakingly tragic and an incredibly brilliant work in its imagery. As we watch three young sisters, much like the Bronte girls, or in modern times the stunning Olsen twins of the sublimely intense Full House, we come to realize that not only are the simultaneous temptations of love and heroin the downfall of a post-Victorian generation women, alienated from the cruel patriachy, but the insanity of the Gowk is contagious...cuckoo-cuckoo... With the brilliant symoblism of storm (danger) and sun (happy picnic) we get a step in modern literature that is still today leaps beyond anything else in the cannon, other than possibly Victoria Beckham's new autobiography (a must read for any fan!). If you like action, if you like love, if you like miniature donkeys, if you like drugs (or at least reading about them because as an escapist you are too afraid to try them yourself), then I HIGHly recommend the Gowk Storm. Honestly. Nancy B. peace out.