In the opening lines of Doug Johnstone’s new book, its protagonist, Ellie, wonders why, despite there being widows and orphans, there is no word for a parent who has lost a child. It’s the kind of thought that regularly keeps her company as she goes on a very personal patrol. Months before the story begins, Ellie’s teenaged son, Logan, jumped to his death from the Forth Road Bridge. Now she spends her time haunting the bridge, swimming in the freezing waters around it, watching CCTV footage of her son’s last moments... Читать дальше...