MissMini2001
England, 1992. The world is watching the fairy tale of the Royal Family crumble into ash. But for nineteen-year-old Elowen, the tragedy is much closer to home.
Living in a drafty, stone-cold cottage on the edge of the moors, Elowen's family is down to its last pound. Her grandfather is gone, her father is a shadow of himself, and her mother-fragile and fading-is obsessed with the televised dramas of Princess Diana while their own reality slips into starvation. Born a "miracle child" whose heart stopped at birth, Elowen has always been told she has a purpose. But as she scours the village for odd jobs to keep her family fed, she feels less like a miracle and more like a ghost.
Then she meets Silas.
A man of grease, leather, and quiet strength, Silas sees the desperation hidden behind Elowen's watchful eyes. He offers her work, then he offers her food, and eventually, he offers her a heat she never knew existed. When a rain-slicked road takes her mother's life in a shattering accident, the world turns to static. In the hollow silence that follows, Elowen begins a dangerous, nightly ritual-slipping away to the darkness of the moors to find the only person who makes her feel alive.
As the grit of 1992 gives way to the neon pulse of the mid-nineties, Elowen must decide: is Silas her rescue, or is she his? From the crushing weight of poverty to a raw, physical awakening, RED ROAD is a story of a girl walking the line between the ancient spirits of her past and the burning desires of her future.