![]() ![]() ![]() Doughty makes these characters spring to life as we learn from Lisa about the people working at the station, then the background to those committing suicide. Lisa has names for all the people she watches and she passes her time by imagining their family circumstances. This is a journey similar to the one Lisa herself took not so long ago. One early November morning, she follows a man to the edge of Platform Seven where he steps off in to the path of an oncoming freight train. Confined to the boundaries of Peterborough Station, she loiters around watching the passengers and staff as they go about their daily routines. Lisa Evans used to be a secondary school teacher. ![]() Platform Seven is a story about how this woman died, what is holding her in the station and how she realises that she has the freedom to do what she needs to.īeautifully written, Platform Seven has depth and emotional resonance as well as being an atmospheric, contemporary ghost story that chills the bones. It takes a while to realise that as you listen to her telling you what she hears and sees at Peterborough Railway station, you are hearing the voice of a woman who is no longer alive. It starts quite slowly all the better to build up a sense of wonder at who you are listening to and what her story is. ![]() I’d decided to read it because of Louise Doughty’s previous work, so I requested it without even reading the blurb. I love it when I go into a novel without the faintest idea of what to expect and then it confounds and delights in equal measure. ![]()
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