An authentic voice,an evocation of childhood and memory that, for all its terrors, evokes the sublime, tragic moment when innocence submits to experience. Laguna creates a world and a character and a language that we become immersed within. That she does it with a subject matter of such destructive cruelty, that she does it with such rigour and power, is a testament to her craft, skill and maturity. This is the opposite of what the tabloids do: this is humane, passionate, true.
