I’ve invented a new literary genre: dystopian pilgrimage.

My book, Surplus to Requirements is the only example I know and it’s just been published by Wild Goose www.ionabooks.com

A journey made by a 79 year old woman under sentence of death is no ordinary journey. The North of England is not just in decline, but is a hazardous place of violence and unkindness.

Thankfully there is Hope, a ten year old child who uses sign-language to communicate, the Old'uns companion.