(first published in Great Britain under the title 'The Shock of the Fall')
While on vacation with their parents, Matthew Homes and his older
brother snuck out in the middle of the night. Only Matthew came home
safely. Ten years later, Matthew tells us, he has found a way to bring
his brother back...What begins as the story of a lost boy turns into a story of a brave man yearning to understand what happened that night, in the years since, and to his very person. Unafraid to look at the shadows of our hearts, Nathan Filer's rare and brilliant debut Where the Moon Isn't shows us the strength that is rooted in resilience and love.
"In this very assured debut, performance poet and
mental-health nurse Filer shows that he knows what he's writing about.
It should prove catnip to book group participants (especially those who
loved Mark Haddon's The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time)
and will appeal to anyone looking for a serious (but not ponderous)
story that's impossible to put down. Readers might even end up seeing
some similarities between their lives and the "cut and paste kind of
life" Matthew lives as a "service user" in a National Health Service
facility." Library Journal"British first-novelist Filer is a mental-health nurse who, having worked as a researcher on inpatient psychiatric wards, writes with authority and sympathy about schizophrenia and Matthew's life as both inpatient and outpatient. The story Filer tells is deeply affecting and insightful in its account of mental illness. And Matthew is a character the reader won't soon forget." - Booklist
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