Under the Mountain

It is the Blazing Summer of 1981 and Catherine is Laid Low by Childhood Illness. Stuck Inside Her Family's Sprawling Victorian Mansion at the Foot of a Highland Mountain, She Can Only Look Down Into the Garden and Observe the Goings-On Upon the Lawn. Sam and Rosa, Her Elder Teenage Cousins, Have Come to Spend the School Holiday in This Seemingly Idyllic Setting, and Catherine Savours the Brief Visits Sam Makes to Her Room. but When Rosa Falls in Love With Humberto, a Young Spanish Man Camping in the Grounds of the House, and Catherine Witnesses a Violent Attack on Sam's Beloved Dog, the Events of That Summer Take on a Darker Hue. While Catherine's Parents Are Forced to Confront the Inner Workings of Their Marriage, She Herself Begins Her Fight for a Life Void of Any More Responsibility or Surprises. in This Twisting Tale, the Truth is a Kaleidoscope of Fractured Understandings Which Crystallise Over the Course of That Fateful Summer, the Consequences of Which Will Reverberate Throughou