Shallow Lives
Lucy Swan
How often do we hide things from those we are closest to?
Aimee, Patrick and Jessica all live on the wild Yorkshire coast, in the town of Saltness. None of them really like each other, or themselves. Hurtling towards forty, with a trail of bitter disappointments and secrets behind them, will they ever find what they so desperately need?
Ghosts, ambitions, children, dogs and unlikely friendships; their stories stretch from their youth within the hedonistic nineties, to the mundanity of adult life, in the present day. Stretching from the grey Yorkshire coast to the white sandy beaches of Corfu and beyond, they are all searching for a better life...desperately wanting to shed the lie of a half-life.